I've been trying to do more creating down in my studio, more playing. To that end, a few weeks ago I whipped out my Kelly Rae Roberts book, Taking Flight and decided to actually do one of the projects.
Of course my project turned out much differently than Kelly's project in the book. I did find it very helpful to build up the background of my piece per the instructions. However, when it came time to draw a girl and make a plaster covered heart, I veered off☺. From what I know of KRR from her blog, I'm pretty sure she wouldn't mind at all--and in fact that was probably her intention all along. To get artists to play with their materials, learn techniques and make the finished product their own.
I daresay, mission accomplished.
Introducing 'When Zooville Met Farmville'
Yes, I cut those words and letters out of a thrifted book. Several in fact.
The butterflies are punched with a Martha Stewart punch.
The animals and the farmer are illustrations from a vintage children's book that I casually pulled out of one of my neighbor's recycling bins. He's an older gentleman and there was a stack of vintage Whitman children's books along with several paperback volumes in Italian. In his recycling bin. At the curb. I had to save them.
The inspiration for the elephant came from a drawing in my sketchbook that was inspired by Polly Dunbar's illustrations in Down the Back of the Chair. The idea for the butterflies coming out of the elephants trunk came from the children's game Elefun. Obviously.
The title idea came from the illustrations and watching my husband play Farmville constantly on his iPad.
Personally I think 'When Zooville Met Farmville' would be a great app. Right? ;-)