Day 22:

"Create a bridge. Connect two things in a creative way.  It could be small enough for an amoeba or big enough for an elephant to cross it."

Well I just realised that yesterday's post had nothing to do with nature.  I got really caught up in a love story and forgot my theme.  Today I went a little off course as well.  There is a foot bridge I cross often when I am heading down town.  Whenever I view the bridge from the up river crossing I always envision painting it.

I have wanted to paint this particular painting for many months now but I have just never taken the leap.  Today's bridge inspiration gave me the push I needed.  Of course in my vision of painting this bridge it is not my usual water colour but a bold acrylic in primary colours with a purple sky.  Weird what I see some days but I was happy to paint this finally.  So my natural angle today is that this is a wonderful natural space that I love to stop and look at but truly I was just happy to paint my vision of the foot bridge.

Day 21:

"Write a ten-word love story.  Bonus: Illustrate it!"

Writing isn't my strong suit but when I started out on this creative journey I decided I would really try and work form the ideas given in the Noah Scalin's book (365: A daily Creative Journal   Make Something Everyday and Change Your Life!).  So I took a stab at writing my love story and illustrated it.

Ten Word Love Story:

Met

Married

Kids

Good and Bad

We Remain in Love

Cheers!

Day 20:

"Buy or make some clay (see instructions on page 238) and then use it like you never have before."

Today my inspiration came from some of my favourite illustrations in children's books.  Have you ever seen a picture book where all the illustrations are done with clay or plasticine?  We have a few and they have always amazed me.  I used my daughters plasticine to model a pond.

My daughter loved this so much she now has it safely stored in a plastic container.  She also made a little black cat with orange eyes of her own.

Day 19:

"Create something that floats on water. (It doesn't have to be a boat.)"

When thinking of something that floats on water and is natural two things immediately sprung to my mind.  Lilly pads with their beautiful flowers and autumn leaves.  A few years back I took a picture of some autumn leaves which I placed in our back yard pond, it is still a favourite picture of mine.  I decided to draw  lilly pads and a water lilly.  Once again I sketched it our and used black in and water colour pencils. 

My children all agree it looks like Pacman.

Day 18:

"Work with the things you find in your car (or a friend's car if you don't have one.)"

Well first let me say I am behind on posting my creative projects.  I have been doing them daily but got behind on posting them for various reasons.  I will try to post two or more a day starting tomorrow to catch up.

Working with the things found in my car.  Didn't really leave me a lot, there is a car seat, some CDs, a box of tissues and a stack of garbage that had yet be removed (my kids never take it out themselves).

I used these items along with some tape and a pair of scissors to make a vase and flowers, inspired somewhat by the tulips on the tissue box.  Looks a lot like something one of my children would make for me.  Not my best work.