A Glimpse of the Life & Art of Madison Woods
@WildOzark
Where I write about my art, and share bits of our life out here in the wild Ozarks near Kingston, Arkansas.
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Read more: Wild Ozark Journal: Autumn 2015If you’d like the collection of sketches from Autumn 2015 on your e-reader, it’s available this week (Nov 16- 20) for free at Amazon.…
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Read more: Wild Ozark Nature Journal on KindleWhat is a sketch / nature journal? Sometimes nature writers like to doodle while they’re interpreting nature. My nature journal is a combination of art and…
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Read more: Nature Writing at Hobbs State ParkThis is a past event. If you’d like to book a workshop like this one, email madison@wildozark.com. Nature is a treat for the senses but…
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Read more: First Freeze 2015 in the OzarksFirst Freeze It was 30*F when I looked outside this morning near daybreak. Honestly, it was somewhat after daybreak. Yesterday’s fun with the grandkids wore…
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Read more: Sketch in ProgressI don’t always get to finish a sketch in one sitting. When I know time is short, I’ll take the camera with me and get…
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Read more: Ginseng in November and a Witch Hazel, tooOn a whim, I went out to see how the ginseng looked now. I knew it would be dead and wasn’t sure I’d find any.…
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Read more: Symbols of Warmth and SustenanceI brought the camera with me this foggy morning to capture some of the beauty that surrounded me in the hushed quiet of our little…
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Read more: Feeding critters under a gentle patter of rainThis morning I was feeding critters under a gentle patter of rain. There are times when I am tired or don’t feel like going out…
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Read more: Oct. 22, 2015 – Two Sweetgum Leaves for the Goodreads GiveawayGoodreads Giveaway on October 31, 2015 I wrote a fairly long post about this sketch over at my main blog. This is one I won’t…
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Read more: Coffee Break Reading and some pretty cool LeggingsGet “No Qualms” delivered to your inbox in daily short bites. Perfect for coffee break reading. And check out the cool leggings featuring one of…
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Read more: Oct 18, 2015 – Old Rock Wall and Dead LeavesI made a mistake on this one. This is an old rock wall and it continues in both directions for some length but in the…
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Read more: Tangerine Sunrise, Goodreads Giveaway, Nature SketchingWhen the sun rose high enough to top the trees it washed the hills in a tangerine glow. The trees are changing fast now and…
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Read more: Nature Sketching Day 23- Wild GingerWild ginger is one of the few remaining companions of the American ginseng habitat that are still green at this time of year. …
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Read more: Nature Sketching Day 21- Down the dirt road in OctoberI’m not real good at trees and landscapes yet. I can do single items like leaves fairly well, but the larger view pushes outside my…
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Read more: Rain or Hallucination?So brief it almost feels now like it was hallucination, rain fell this morning while I was out feeding the critters. The chickens were all…
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Read more: Nature Sketching – Day 17 “Grape Fern and Fall Leaves”It gets hard to find a subject to draw that doesn’t include dead leaves at this time of year. I at first wanted to draw…
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Read more: Nature Sketching Day 15 – American Ginseng in early OctoberI went out in search of beech drops for today’s sketch. I didn’t find any. On my way up the path toward the pond, though,…
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Read more: Beautiful Fall Misty MorningThere is a silence accompanied by a misty morning that is unlike anything else. This morning I sat on the porch to have my morning…
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Read more: Nature Sketching Day 14At this time of year it’s even harder than usual for me to make a quick trip to town and back. If I bring my…
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Read more: Nature Sketching Day 13 – Green Grass in FallI always like to see green grass in fall among the dead leaves. Yesterday I missed my sketching. I missed the day before that too,…
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Read more: It’s beginning to look like fall here at Wild OzarkYesterday it really felt like fall, and it does again today, too. It was almost 40*F this morning. I took a few photos yesterday, but…
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Read more: Feels like fall is really hereIt’s a foggy morning at Wild Ozark, and chilly too. Feels like fall is really here now. 42*F when I looked at the thermometer right…
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Read more: For all the little acornsMay they grow to mighty oaks For the past several weeks one of the first morning sounds have been that of heavy equipment moving into…
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Read more: Nature Sketching Day 8Yesterday’s Nature Journal entry was created today because a new grandbaby of mine entered the world the night before and I slept through my usual…
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Read more: Nature Sketching Day 6 – “Lobelia Inflata”Today I went out on foot, backpack loaded with my towel and cushion to sit on, sketch journal, and pencils to do my daily entry…
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