I've come across two very similar quotes recently:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (died 1778 AD): " The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless."
Zhang Heng (died 139 AD): "Real objects are difficult to represent, but the realm of the unreal is infinite."
I used part of the quote from Rousseau on this canvas, which is for Cathy's WTUI challenge this week. You'll be able to find her challenge HERE.
I started off by priming the canvas with gesso, than adding a couple of green paints at the bottom and blues and a little white at the top. While wet, I sprinkled some green Flower Soft into the grassy area.
I stamped, coloured (Polychromos pencils) and fussy-cut my fungi. The little ones are actually from one long border stamp. The tall one is - tall! I die-cut some foliage and sprinkled it over the grass along with my fungi. For the hollyhocks, I sponged some white card with DOX inks and die-cut them twice, green for the base, coloured for the flowers. The centres are filled with Stickles.
I decided the canvas needed some sort of framing, and luckily I had some washi tape in the perfect colours. I coated it with collage medium and hope it will stay stuck. In my garden I added a little hedgehog and squirrel from Lili of the Valley. Can't have a garden without birds so I added a couple from Bird Banter, and since we also need insects, I added two butterflies.
Plan A was to stamp a sentiment on tissue paper and stick it on, but my trial run didn't turn out as I was hoping. And I wasn't going to spoil the whole canvas by stamping on it and stamping badly, so I used letters to piece together my sentiment. I should probably have done it before I added the branch, but actually I really like the way "boundless" follows the line of the mushroom.
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 GMT Views: 895
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Registered: April 18, 2011 Location: Melbourne, Aus Posts: 51844
Thu, Mar 21, 2019 @ 2:22 PM
Where do I start. Your canvases always blow me away and I think this might be the most magical one yet Sabrina. I loved reading how all this came together. The intense colours are beautul and I loved the addition of that fab Washi tape. The letter placement must have taken ages...wow it was sure worth it. Every detail of this is magic my friend. This is proudly hanging on my wall - in My Favourites gallery!
------------------------------ Susie
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Registered: April 16, 2008 Location: Meridian, Idaho Posts: 8507
Thu, Mar 21, 2019 @ 8:29 PM
Okay, I just want to go live there. 🦄 Apparently your imagination is truly limitless, Sabrina, as this scene is a total delight of flora and fauna!! Love, love, love this!
------------------------------ Stef
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Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40219
Thu, Mar 21, 2019 @ 10:40 PM
OMG, Sabrina, this is really an outstanding work of art, needs to go up on a wall! So many wonderful details to see in your Spring garden and I really love the way you have placed the beautiful quote! The colours are fabulous and the washi tape border just perfect!
------------------------------ Sue
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