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.

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.

By Swift (aka Justin)

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…

~Mom

And here’s another!