Hi ! I'm sure many of you are still waiting for Spring or for the season to come and stay. Spring is here in Florida and nearly gone already! I've been sketching as much of the season as I can, but it goes fast. 

There are many things that are worth capturing on the page that only come around in Spring—the season's first flowers and new tree growth, the unfurling of the ferns by the creek and emergence of all kinds of bugs as well as the return of the birds from their migrations. Snow shovels (hopefully) sit in the corner unused and the warm woolies are left hanging in the closet as we go about our days in shirt sleeves! 

I encourage you to take a walk outside with your sketchbook and a pen, even if Spring is being a bit uncooperative! Look around you for signs of the new season. Take note of the changes that have occurred in the last month alone. In our hurry, we often miss these small, soft glimpses Mother Nature shares with us.

Something else to remember is taking the ordinary, like a pair of galoshes or garden gloves and slipping a bouquet of spring flowers in them, can make them into something extraordinary! I did sketch a few years ago and I still remember I had the best fun with taking the reds and yellows of the boot and making my flowers the same colors (if I remember correctly, they were actually a variety of pinks!).

Don't have red and yellow boots? That's okay because you have a paintbox full of colors and you can make your boots any color you want! To finish, consider using  a rubber stamp to create a fun background of polka dots or another pattern as I did here.

Something simple and yet so much fun! I hope you find plenty of inspiration in the season! Read on for more inspiration for the season and beyond. 

All the best, 

Laure