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Look closely with great heart
Note to self: Create more of what you want to see in the world.
May 18
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Lorene Edwards Forkner
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My color-collecting practice is a way to focus my attention
Here's a super simple, low-lift idea that I guarantee will enrich your days. Choose a color to notice. Think of it like a scavenger hunt for attention.
May 1
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Lorene Edwards Forkner
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11
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Indulging in color is really pretty tame
Just like a bumblebee wantonly belly flopping from blossom to blossom, I am besotted in the company of green, orange, violet, and countless other hues.
Apr 24
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Lorene Edwards Forkner
42
3
3
The generosity of tulips & travel
While I'm tip toeing through the tulips in Amsterdam you can explore how language and mark making can enlarge everyday life with a virtual Color…
Apr 17
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Lorene Edwards Forkner
34
4
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Let’s Color Workshop! part 1
This is not botanical illustration – I’m not sure it’s even watercolor painting. It’s an exercise in paying attention.
Apr 8
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Lorene Edwards Forkner
37
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Let's Color Workshop! part 2
Noticing reveals the invisible. Select a botanical or a scrap of nature that at first glance is all one color but on closer examination reveals a…
Apr 8
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Lorene Edwards Forkner
10
3
3
Let's Color! part 3
Expand & experiment with hidden hues... In addition to describing color, experiment with the actual colors in your paint palette. It's fun!
Apr 8
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Lorene Edwards Forkner
12
1
Let's Color! part 4
pay attention to what you pay attention to... There’s a delightful feedback loop to recording color, the more we look the more we see.
Apr 8
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Lorene Edwards Forkner
8
1
Hand made, heart full, the life of a serial crafter
The desire to make things with my hands has always been a constant. I have spent my entire life pursuing random, often useless, projects. I highly…
Mar 27
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Lorene Edwards Forkner
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11
3
Begin Again — Marking the Anniversary of a Loss
Tuesday, March 24, 2026, marks two years since a very bad player hacked my Instagram account and removed 2000+ color studies, six years worth of…
Mar 23
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Lorene Edwards Forkner
30
7
2
An Analog Garden is Good Medicine in a Digital World
the optimism of spring... Compared to my digital life, I’m a genius in my analog garden.
Mar 20
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Lorene Edwards Forkner
26
5
2
Let's Talk About Pink, my Favorite Color
again...
Feb 13
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Lorene Edwards Forkner
45
3
2
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