Journal 52, week 25: Nature

This week at Journal 52, Chelle asked us to show some nature inspired art.  Originally, I started digging in my paltry supply of pressed flowers, saved from last year, then decided, after seeing Chelle's entry,

I would also use some watercolors.  So I dug out my Twinkling H2Os that I haven't used in a long time and spritzed them with distilled water, since I don't want mold getting into the watercolors.  I allowed them to sit a decent amount of time (about 10 minutes) to activate them, and fiddled around with a design I had in mind.  As always, my substrate is a file folder cut in half lengthwise.

Silly me, thinking I could actually draw even simple trees.  But I gave it a good try.  I still needed to add the purple to the yellow trunk, since I don't have any brown.

Here is my silly nature inspired piece for all to laugh at.  Like Chelle said, it doesn't have to be a masterpiece, and I assure you, mine is NOT.  Have I not said on at least 4,673,284 occasions I can't draw?

A few detail shots add credence to that point.   I stamped the 2 and 5 on birds I painted and punched out before they were dry.

I do like how these colors blend together.

I needed one tree to be different from the rest, for depth (I KNOW WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO, I JUST CAN'T SEEM TO GET MY HANDS TO DO IT).  That's when I decided it was time to introduce a dying tree in the mix.  BTW, although these are quite small birds, when paired with the trees, became  really big birds.  Perspective and scale were apparently not a priority here, either.

Please continue rolling on the floor laughing, while I remind you the only place you'll see this nature inspired art farce is on my blog.   Have another good laugh today and enjoy.