This weeks theme for our dc NATURE choosen by our wonderful tinyWoolf is a real challenge because of its endless possibilities. As always having too many ideas swirly around in my head, seeking nature and bringing bits and pieces of it back home...
I started with a simple collage (above) with scraps of nature drawings out of my collection of old books to assemble different aspects of nature and highlight just one.
On my daily dog walks in the forrest my eyes were caught of all this little ? no idea how they're called "leaves of pine cones" left behind from very productiv squirrels and I started to collect and glued them into a material collage
here some details...
Yesterday evening collecting the 2nd round of "leaves" 3 dogs were heavenly barking at me as they passed by, I guess they were concerned about this weird woman crowling over the forrest floar and I believe her owner did the same... and I thought
"so what, I'm an artist I can do that, normally can everyone, normal is boring".
So if seeking and playing with nature ends up in finding the true nature/center
of yourself this is a good thing I assume...
... and talking about collecting on my yesterdays trip to a fleamarket which takes
places a couple of times at a recycling yard I found this old landscape painting which
seemed to me a gift of heaven for this drawing challenge and I altered it my way
playing with the romantic idea of nature, reality and humans habit to
map everything out maybe to feel safer if you always know were you are...
... and hung them into my bedroom and this way combined
this weeks challenge with last weeks. HA!
not to mentioned how much fun I had with this theme - thank you dear Nadine -
to see all the results of all other participants!
Have a nice weekend,
Barbara
Fabulous entry! All so beautiful.
AntwortenLöschenI love your material collage, I can see you and your dogs in the forest;-)))) But I really love what you did to that old painting! That made me smile, I just love that!
AntwortenLöschenI love your material collage, I can see you and your dogs in the forest;-)))) But I really love what you did to that old painting! That made me smile, I just love that!
AntwortenLöschenHello Barbara. You most certainly are not "normal" but extremely talented with such clever ideas! I especially enjoyed seeing your works hanging in your bedroom. Have a great week. xo Carole
AntwortenLöschenGreat result...love how the pine was transformed in a ring...lovely!
AntwortenLöschenWonderful nature inspired creations! Love the originality of the cone circle and what you did with the old painting - also love to see them displayed so beautifully in your bedroom. Beautiful!
AntwortenLöschen'so what, I'm an artist I can do that, normally can everyone, normal is boring".
AntwortenLöschenYES!!!!
Your collages are splendid, Barbara. xxoo, sus
oh.my.g. you've had fun!
AntwortenLöscheni just loved seeing that cone wreath on canvas grow...! and your comments. hee hee.
you are too right, we are nature, and we can do what we like in nature, and we can crawl like dogs if we want to.
your painting make over is hilarious, and hangs pretty much at home there, above your head.
your first decoupage/collage doesn't half remind me of what i'm doing lately. more on that later!
n♥
thxs for playing, bee.
your pine cone art is lovely
AntwortenLöschenand
reminds me of a wreath
such a great painting too, reminds me quite a bit of where i live ;-)
lovely week to you. I look forward to hearing your prompt for next week.
i can picture you in the woods
AntwortenLöschenha! ;^)))
love your collage
but that last find and
what you did with it
my favorite
have a fine week!!
x
Wonderful and beautiful - both works are perfect on the wall! :) Leena
AntwortenLöschenhello Barbara, yes you did make a masterpiece out of an old landscape painting, just love it!
AntwortenLöschenso nice to be back and see how you keep surprising me (us) xx
Hello Barbara,
AntwortenLöschenI have to tell you that I am delighted with your cone art work, you are so creative :) and love what you did with painting, so original!
Have a nice day!
Love both responses to this theme Barbara!! You definitely have got the play part down here!
AntwortenLöschenSo inspiring and love thinking about you crawling around in the forest
;)
The journey is as much fun as the end result. It looks like you had a great time with this challenge! Cindi
AntwortenLöschenLeaves of pinecone! I never heard the reference before and I love it! They are as strong as rocks those leaves of pinecone. They are as delicately shaped and delicately formed to perfection to wind their way in a spiral shape around the pine cone to form the cone itself. A wonderful art idea and nature play to make art. Just fabulous Barbara! It seems that your addition to the painting is making order out of the feeling of chaos! Fun! Norma, xo
AntwortenLöschenbeautiful bee!
AntwortenLöschenein wundervollster post!!
AntwortenLöschenschade, dass ich nicht mitmachen konnte, das thema war so toll.
liebe grüße von mano