Watercolor Challenge

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Swift surprised me halfway through Oregon with such a cool treat. After hiking a long, 40 mile day to Sisters Wilderness, we decide to take a short, calmer day of hiking and set up camp early simply to relax our sore hooves.

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As we hid in our tent from the ever-present crazy Mosquitoes, Swift pulled out watercolors from his pack! I have never realized how lightweight they are and how calming it is to watercolor. We both have not had a chance in our adult life to simply sit and watercolor in silence. I can not even begin to explain how rejuvenating it was. Out here, we get to experience so many different landscapes, people, and feelings but we have not really had a way to release all these emotions. We now watercolor as often as possible!

I would like to ask YOU to try watercoloring. Whether you are a child of the age 3 or 80, no matter what you consider to be your artistic skills, we encourage you to find a quiet place outside and just sit and try out painting!

Below are some of our paintings. Check out our two different interpretations of Mt. Jefferson.

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By Swift (aka Justin)

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By Buckeye (aka Melissa)

We would LOVE to see your watercolors and hear about your experience painting outside. Please email them to Inspireout@gmail.com and we will post them as soon as we can.

~Buckeye

Here’s one…

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~Mom

And here’s another!

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