Paint Party Friday & Art Journal Journey

Welcome my Friday Friends! 

It's been a hot week here so more time spent inside than outside. Which translates to more art and catching up on housework. 

First I'd like to congratulate 

 Andrea at Falling Ladies

for being chosen the featured artist this week. Her tales of BigBig are so cute and she does the greatest drawings to go with them. 

Thanks again to Eva & Kristin for all of their work every week to keep us going. ♥ 

I finished the Tomato Worm page in my 

Wild Things Journal .

Then I worked on a collage for the same journal. 

It started with a background I had laying around.  

Then I did a green wash over it and started adding magazine pictures I'd torn out and painted on some leaves. 

I then extended the tree to the top of the page by painting the rough bark texture. 

Then I added the words to the page .

               We have several dead trees in our wooded area. We leave them standing unless the pose a danger to buildings, power lines and things like that. Then we cut down the major part of the tree and leave the trunk standing. You can do so much with these standing trunks. Attach a bird house or a piece of garden art or just let it stand and rot away. 

        I keep telling myself that I'm going to fill some of the holes in this tree trunk and plant flowers but I haven't gotten there yet.       

            

        This birdhouse will have to be moved soon as the small trunk it's attached to has become unstable. The birdhouse needs a fresh coat of paint too. :) 

 Today's Random Thoughts  

     linking to 

Paint Party Friday 

and 

Art Journal Journey 

♥