So beautiful! Thank you for sharing your work with us! I'm focusing on painting and reading about trees this year, too. Their presence and longevity is calming, but also a call to action to protect them.
What kind of ink are you using? Is it water-soluble?
Trina, Thank you! I’m glad this resonated with you. The ink is from a Pentel brush pen. The ink is permanent after it dries but there is a window where you can still move it with water. Or, if you lay down a clear wash first, lay the ink on top and let the ink move where it wants!
We live in the forest so we love trees, hobbits and forest friends! On Christmas we would sometimes have cocoa in the tree house before coming indoors to celebrate. For many of his childhood years we wrote our son a letter signed from the woodland elves and fairies. We would type his letter in tiny print and then stain the paper to look old. We'd roll it up as a scroll and sprinkle gold fairy dust on the floor of his bedroom. I remember my when my son when was maybe 12 saying, "if I ever get a tattoo it will be of a tree." I thought to myself, I can't argue with that choice!
So beautiful! Thank you for sharing your work with us! I'm focusing on painting and reading about trees this year, too. Their presence and longevity is calming, but also a call to action to protect them.
What kind of ink are you using? Is it water-soluble?
Trina, Thank you! I’m glad this resonated with you. The ink is from a Pentel brush pen. The ink is permanent after it dries but there is a window where you can still move it with water. Or, if you lay down a clear wash first, lay the ink on top and let the ink move where it wants!
We live in the forest so we love trees, hobbits and forest friends! On Christmas we would sometimes have cocoa in the tree house before coming indoors to celebrate. For many of his childhood years we wrote our son a letter signed from the woodland elves and fairies. We would type his letter in tiny print and then stain the paper to look old. We'd roll it up as a scroll and sprinkle gold fairy dust on the floor of his bedroom. I remember my when my son when was maybe 12 saying, "if I ever get a tattoo it will be of a tree." I thought to myself, I can't argue with that choice!
Heide, thanks for sharing! What a lovely story and I agree with the magic we can feel around trees.
i loved this post--i took a classfrom you at the Coupeville Library--really found that exceptional.thank you.
Thanks, Jeanne! I hope you have continued to nature journal since then.