Found Objects in Nature

Posted by Jenn Greenleaf Oct 10, 2009

My husband and I are up in Embden, Maine with the kids again this weekend. We’re trying to travel up here once per month to reconnect with the kids, and take a break from the stresses of life. It’s such a wonderfully addicting experience and, thanks to my husband’s sister and her husband, we’re able to indulge in this often. We’re SO thankful!

While here, the kids and I love hunting around for things out in the yard and in the woods that can be later used in art projects. We’ve found the typical pine cones, pretty leaves, acorns, and things like that. In addition, we’ve found some wonderful pieces of birch, as well as some interesting pieces of bark. We found mushrooms, too, which will be photographed and incorporated into pieces of art once we return home.

We’re going to do some bark, stone, and other texture rubbings in our art journals as well. That way, we can use them as backgrounds or in other ways for our mixed media work. The kids are so inspired whenever we walk through the woods – they always ask for plastic bags, pieces of paper, and crayons before we leave so not a moment is missed out on.

I plan to write tutorials for my topic here outlining our various artistic adventures and experiences. Whatever doesn’t work well in article form will be found on this blog. I’m looking forward to sharing this with all of you! And, yes, there will be pictures included with the articles. I can’t figure out why pictures won’t load to the blog, so I’ll be sharing some on my personal blog as well.

Stay tuned!