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.
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Wow, this is amazing! So many fun little features to catch your eye. I love how you let your imagination run wild in the process of making this. I admire every detail.
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Fri, Mar 22, 2019 @ 7:23 AM
Sabrina, this is marvelous. I love all the whimsical touches, the mushrooms and animals are adorable. Love the squirrel and the little crooked mushroom beside it. The sentiment is perfect, including the placement.
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Sat, Mar 23, 2019 @ 4:19 AM
Sabrina this canvas is amazing! The sentiment is wonderful and I agree boundless following the mushroom works perfect. Adding the washi tape framing was a very nice touch. This is a perfect little garden full of wonderful plants and darling fur friends visiting too.
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Tue, Mar 26, 2019 @ 7:09 AM
I think I might be speechless right now (and that is saying a lot!). You honestly have created a world of imagination with this ah-mazing card, and I would love to be in it right now! This is beyond anything I can imagine, and of course, I love that! ~Karen.