Well, once again it’s time to start wrapping up another month’s nature art challenge! For today’s explorations, I added details and outlines to my crocheted shapes using a thin, dark brown string. Here is the result of today’s explorations:
For the final day of the Nature Crochet Art Challenge, create a border, frame, or support for your canvas. Consider the materials, colors, or patterns that you might use to complement your composition.
‘Til tomorrow…happy explorations!
For today’s challenge, I continued adding the large shapes of color to my canvas. Here is today’s resulting explorations:
Since my design had overlapping leaves, I decided to use two different colors for my leaves. For tomorrow’s challenge, using a thinner yarn, add details to your larger shapes.
As promised yesterday, I would like to share a recycle art collage lesson idea with you.
![](http://artfulexplorationsinnature.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/dscn1649.jpg ""Journey From Roots To Branches"")
To prepare your surface:
1. Cover surface with glue. Add newspaper/magazine clippings to create collaged background. Apply glue to cover surface and let dry.
2. Cut shapes/designs out of cardboard and use painter’s tape or wax to temporary attach to dried collage surface.
3. Paint over surface and cardboard stencil. Remove stencil and touch up edges with paint.
4. Once dry, add details using pen.
Enjoy!
‘Til tomorrow…happy explorations!
For today’s challenge, I began crocheting my design into my canvas. I began with crocheting the outline of my branch and then filled it in with color. Since my lines were limited by the width of the yarn that I chose, my branch ended up being a little thicker than I had originally planned. Here are the results of today’s explorations:
And for an added bonus, I’d like to share with you a recycled art piece that I have been working on recently:
This work was created on a magazine collage surface. I’ll post step-by-step instructions tomorrow!
Now, back to the challenge! For tomorrow’s challenge, continue embroidering your main shapes into your canvas. For my design, I will add the large leaf shapes. Don’t worry about adding the details yet. That will be saved for another day!
‘Til tomorrow…happy explorations!
For today’s challenge, I looked over the shots from yesterday’s explorations. After deciding on my subject, I created a simplified sketch for my crochet canvas. Here is my resulting sketch:
For tomorrow’s challenge, begin embroidering the outlines of your design onto your crocheted canvas. If needed, you could use a washable fabric marker to sketch your design onto your canvas. Since my subject is a tree leafy branch, I will start embroidering the outlines of my branch. After I have finished the branch, I will add the leaves and smaller details.
‘Til tomorrow…happy explorations!
Today was an absolutely gorgeous, Wyoming day! Today’s weather report: mid to high 70’s, slightly cloudy, and a 99.9% chance of wind (which I’m still coming to terms with…).
Rather than taking a walk, as I had discussed in yesterday’s post, I decided to bust out my bike for a Tour de Cheyenne! My husband, a Wyoming native, told me about this trail called The Greenway, which is comprised of chunks of paved pedestrian/bike trails that run throughout the city! Here’s a description, taken from Cheyenne’s Official Website:
“The Greenway serves as a safe and accessible recreational corridor; a key component of the non-motorized transportation system; an open-air science, ecology, history, and health classroom for students of all ages; and a vital public space integral in building sustainable, vibrant and healthy neighborhoods and a cohesive community. The man made and natural barriers that traditionally divide a community are the…
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Today begins the Nature Crochet Art Challenge! For this challenge, I will be exploring the surrounding natural environment through the art of crochet…Specifically, crochet EMBROIDERY.
For today’s challenge, I focused on creating the canvas for my crochet explorations. Choosing a grey/blue yarn, I decided to crochet from the center outwards, creating a square. For purposes of this challenge, I kept my square relatively small 12″ x 12″–though, depending on the time that you have to dedicate to this challenge, you could definitely go smaller than this. Here is my resulting canvas:
For tomorrow’s challenge, take a walk with your camera! Soak in the sites, smells, and overall FEEL of the environment around you. Take a few shots of the beauty that surrounds you. When you return from your walk, brainstorm ideas for your composition. Create rough sketches, or select several pictures to inspire your work. Enjoy experimenting and exploring different…
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When I looked outside my ktichen window this morning I saw a blanket of clouds covering the sky. Every color was muted. People moved by at a meandering pace with umbrellas tucked beneath their arms. No one seemed particularly sad or depressed by the weather, just lost in thought, as if walking in a waking dream. Dreams … that’s what I thought of as I snapped these photos of raspberries from this morning’s breakfast.
Recently, on a warm day in the city of Boston, I raced through one of its many squares toward my favorite hot dog vendor. I’d already spent most of my half-hour break running errands and knew that I was going to be late returning to work, but darnit, I needed to eat and wanted a good hot dog. As I made my way through the square, an elderly man stepped into my path. He said, “Can you spare a quarter?” I gazed into his watery blue eyes and said, “No, but would you like a hot dog?” I don’t know why I said what I said that day, and he certainly wasn’t expecting me to say what I said. He frowned and blinked a few times and then said, “You don’t have a quarter?” I didn’t quite put my hands on my hips in exasperation, but I did raise an…
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You know those cards that have the seeds embedded in the paper? Well, a friend gave me such a birthday card a while back. I’m sure it was meant to be planted outside but I tend to grow things indoors now. And so I tore up the black-flecked purple card embedded with wildflower seeds, and pushed the paper beneath the soil of a planter or two. I’d almost forgotten that I had done such a thing and then one day I noticed in a pot of marjoram, new green growth of a different hue. Wildflowers! Still, I did not think that they would grow very much. But the spring sun worked its wily ways and one day I peeked into the hallway where the pot does sit, and this is what I saw.
Tomorrow begins the Nature Crochet Art Challenge! In preparation for the challenge, crochet your blank canvas using using a simple chain stitch.
Once you have the length that you want for your canvas, use the single crochet stitch to build on your chain until you reach your desired canvas size.
For the purposes of this challenge, I would recommend crocheting a smaller sized canvas, as our focus will be explorations through crochet embroidery.
As I’m sure you can guess, tomorrow’s challenge will focus on constructing your canvas for your embroidered explorations!
‘Til tomorrow…happy explorations!!
