Posted in Branches, Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged art, colors, fun, Inspiration, musings, nature, nature photography, painting, random thoughts, watercolor on February 3, 2013| 4 Comments »
Stormy Weather by Cynthia Staples
I’ve always enjoyed putting brush to paper, but I’ve never been especially disciplined about learning the right ways to do so. But the older I grow the more I realize it is more important to just put the brush to the paper and stop worrying about the right way. Van Gogh I will never be, but I don’t need to be Van Gogh to have fun with paint or to produce an image that might make someone’s day a bit brighter. Random thoughts on a quiet Sunday. 😉
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged abstract, art, butterfly, digital photography, fun, illustration, Inspiration, light, nature, shadows, silhouette, wood on January 8, 2013| 1 Comment »
A little wooden butterfly scotch taped to a piece of vellum that was taped to a sunny window. A bit of fun on a Tuesday morning. 😉
Posted in Inspiration, Nature Notes, tagged art, collage, colors, crafts, creativity, diy, fun, glitter, gold, imagination, Inspiration, nature, nature photography, stationery on December 11, 2012| 5 Comments »
… but sometimes, it is. This day’s activity began with a desire to start sending out holiday cards. Inspired by recent interactions with children of all ages and with artists from many different backgrounds, I decided to err on the side of curiosity and creativity. For a while I had been wondering if I could transform one of my postcards (a simple stand of trees) into holiday stationery. Today I decided to go for it. I searched my supplies for white glitter to mimic snow upon dark branches but all I could find was gold glitter and a little blue, a bunch of old papers and stickers, some scissors and a bit of glue. And so …
In the end, I expect I will send them to my youngest friends and family (or those who are quite young at heart), and who do not mind a bit of sparkle in their mailbox. 😉
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