“Passion is in all great searches and is necessary to all creative endeavors.”
It was a rainy and not a happy day in Houston on April 18th. It rained too much which caused flooding. Our Clear Channel office was closed, and I decided to use the time I had to spent inside the house doing something I would have otherwise not be doing. I wanted to share a few pictures my creative endeavor on that rainy day.
I had been thinking about this botanical experiment for a while. When I travel, I typically collect shells and little stones as a memory for a place. But I also collect blooms and leaves of flowers and plants that catch my eye. I place them in my book, planner, or journal (which I always carry .. at least one of them for sure). What happens is that they get pressed and nicely shaped. When I'm lucky, fantastic details of the leaves and blooms get emphasized by this pressing method of preserving the beauty of nature. ♥
“if you have an idea or an active project, start experiencing with the materials on your desk right now to make it more tangible. ”
Some of the ingredients of this project :)
I decided to create a wall picture from some of the pressed nature's creations that I had collected. It's pretty easy, and what you need are some nice background paper, a frame (I bought mine at Ikea), glue, and a dose of creative energy :) You can also implement some water color drawing in the picture. It's all up to you what texture and layers you will give to your painting. It's your empty canvas ready for your to express yourself.
“Once you start creating things, you will realize that everything has intention behind it.”
“How do we fill up our creative tanks? New experiences, doing more of what makes us feel good and inspired. By keeping our creative tanks in a great shape, we take confident, powerful actions. We build creative confidence.”
There is so much that can be done with pressed rose petals, blooms, leaves, etc. We can truly let our imagination and creativity go to the unknown and experiment. These nature's beauties are a great way to complement a drawing, painting, doodling :) .. and what a way to relax, meditate, and unwind - through creating ✿