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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Mon, Apr 01, 2019 @ 3:42 AM
A magical world of Wonder. From the quote ( genius) to the tall mushroom fairy house this is a wonderful woodland scene from a storybook I love getting lost in every fun detail. The hollyhocks are really pretty. Great creative spirit you have.
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