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The bunny hopped into my art when I didn’t even expect a visitor! I was stuck and stalled- feeling very uncreative so I just grabbed a paper and pencil and drew random lines all over it. Then a few colors to start filling them in. That’s when the bunny appeared. He didn’t bring me chocolate – he brought me something better- inspiration!
I found the bunny but then had that frozen feeling- no inspiration and no idea where to take it next.
I was getting frustrated so I decided to try something I rarely do – used black as the background. I totally hated it – even a day later. Yuck.
I cut out the bunny and tossed the black. I found another background I made long ago.
A bit of pan pastel and a Julie Balzer stencil. I tend to fill the entire page with a pattern so this time I decided to only do part of the page.
Colored in the leaves with Crayola crayon and gelatos for the flowers.
White oil pastel to make the flowers pop a bit more than they were.
Added the cut out bunny and a new black line around it.
Added Easter related words to the bunny with a Pitt pen.
My kids are not little any more but you’d think they were 4 years old since they have made it very clear they really really really want our Easter traditions to continue- so we’re cooking up an egg hunt to challenge them. Every year we have a different theme to the egg hunt and crazy clues to find the eggs. (Why did we start this? Should have just hidden eggs.) I wonder if they will still be over early Easter morning when they are 35!
Hope you had a wonderful Easter!
Linking up with Creative Every Day and Inspire Me Monday- if you have a moment stop by these great sites for a bit of creativity.
The mind is a funny thing. I have been scanning old family slides and I was struck by how my memory of the events and people seem so different from what is in the photos. I believe my memories to be accurate but the photos tell a different story. I don’t think the slides magically changed in 30 years so it must have been me that changed in that time. This quote and journal page summed up how I felt after I saw those old slides.
The purple base that I started with was made previously. You can see it being made in a video here.
Want more creativity? Stop by the great artists at Paint Party Friday and Julie Balzers!
This journal page sums up how I was feeling – I was playing. It was a great day!
I started with a background I had made long ago with gesso, yellow paint, and yellow spray ink. A piece of leftover paper from my circle making day that I ran through the die cutting machine with the Tim Holtz tattered flower die became my flowers.
I struggled with a stem I liked, the pen was so so, but the string of sequins were the sparkle I needed. They were plain, but a little alcohol ink and they were a wonderfully matching purple.
I started adding colors, just layers of color with no idea where it was going.
More paint. Starting to really like where it is headed, however, I still had no idea where that was going to be.
Vintage school flashcard/word strip. Now I had an inkling where it was going.
The words needed a bit of color to belong on this page.
A bit of punched paper above the sign, some scribbles over the words, a touch of white on the edge of the sign.
A bit of bling, colored with alcohol inks. Beads and gems for the centers of the flowers.
Playing is such fun, no wonder kids love it so much! What have you been doing to play lately?
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The bunny hopped into my art when I didn’t even expect a visitor! I was stuck and stalled- feeling very uncreative so I just grabbed a paper and pencil and drew random lines all over it. Then a few colors to start filling them in. That’s when the bunny appeared. He didn’t bring me chocolate – he brought me something better- inspiration!
