Tree Hugger

Many of you are probably aware that Alison, aka Craftytrog's Arty Adventures, is our host this month at Art Journal Journey.  Her theme is Geometric Shapes and she has asked us to make any art we like as long as it leads to something geometric.

To be honest, this is NOT what I would have named this entry, but

after seeing this phrase Tree Hugger on this paint chip sample, I knew I had to use it.

Several of my internet friends create blobs to represent snow.  Somehow, the concept seems to elude me!

Instead I get large blobs of paint.  You just have to pretend they are snow, something I often ask of you (to pretend, that is).


For this page, I first ran a green dye ink pad over the background of white 110 lb. cardstock.  Then I used some of the excess paint chips I had left over from my Christmas tip-ins.  I cut them into triangles using my deckle scissors and affixed them to the page using white (PVA) glue.  Finally, I attempted to use a paint brush like Seth Apter showed in one of his DVDs how to create the snow.  I think my paint was a bit too thick, though.   

Thanks for visiting and thanks for your support and kind remarks of my use of geometric shapes this month.  I hope to see you at Art Journal Journey, too.  We'd love to have you join us.