Meadow Marks

Exploring a landscape through working with the attributes of the plants that exist there.

Creating Outside the Box
aka. Co-creating with the Landscape

Print-making using plants.

Mark-making using plants.

MATERIALS:

Watercolour Paper

Watercolour Paints

Paintbrush

Water Container

Rain Water

Blotting Towel

Local Plants:

Queen Anne's Lace (ie. Wild Carrot)

Milkweed

Aster

Goldenrod

Assorted Wild Flowers

Assorted Leaves

THE PROCESS:

- Located a natural landscape with privacy and a place to work

- Chose any plants that were intriguing and awakened curiosity

- Set up a work space

- Began painting or printing utilizing the plants as "brushes" or by applying paint to them and printing the paper

- Saved finished work to use in other future work