6/12/2007: Marianne Completes "Yummy Landscape Artist"

Preparing for this task was the hardest part. After loading everything up in the car, unpacking everything, and then getting settled (which isn’t easy when having bottles and cartons in tow) I sat on a bench along a trail in a nature preserve. I decided it would be easiest for me to paint trees than anything else. I really wanted to go to Lake Michigan and spend the day at the beach but am much happier I ended up at the nature preserve because carrying all the supplies across the sand would have made a less than serene trek. This was actually pretty fun and very calming. It was nice to have some quiet time and reflect on nature something maybe I should do more of. No one walked by, I think maybe I was alone, always a safe thing being alone in the woods. The bugs however were more than enough company once I opened my supplies. The actually painting took about 10 minutes. I figured quick and painless.

This is what I used:

Melted Blue Moon ice cream
Spicy brown mustard
French dressing
Habanero Sauce
Tabasco
Green Taco Sauce
Ketchup
Soy Sauce (which drips worse than ice cream)
Yellow mustard
Yogurt

And here’s what happened:

This is what I was looking at:

This is a practice piece that I did with some markers:

This is something I just wanted to do because I didn’t want to go home just yet: