March 8, 2016 ~ A Walk in the Woods - Art Journal

"The person who knows how to laugh at himself 
will never cease to be amused."
~Shirley McLaine

A Walk in the Woods

Genie Happily Walk Home after Her Day at School

I grew in the city and always wanted to live in the country in a house way back off the beaten path. Before Buddy and I were married I did rent a place off the beaten path with both indoor plumbing and an outdoor privy, and a spring well. Well, I finally got my dream 37 years ago, but we are living on a 10 acre not-used-as-a-farm-farm that unfortunately happens to be on a main road. So, in my picture I pretended I was living back in the woods. Here I am skipping (as a chid I was always skipping everywhere I went)  home after school...my books in my little basket (the basket reminds me of the little basket I had on my tricycle).  As you can see, I am very happy and cannot wait to see my Mom and have my usual milk and cookies. 

I have just begun using distress inks. I did not even know about them until I started reading other girls' blogs where they said they had used them. This is one of my first attempts working with this new medium. Using the inks was really difficult at first - even after watching lots of You Tube presentations - but it is getting a tiny bit easier and I am getting a wee bit better at not having the inks ending up so dark. It's been a fun experience, but I always enjoy learning something new. Each day I look forward to experimenting with them hoping I will finally come up with something of which I am really happy about.

Below are some changes I made to my picture using PSE 11.

I love this one. I t makes me think I was at a friend's house and was skipping home after the sun went down. My mother had turned on the lights so I would not trip and fall of the path.

I am linking my post today with Art Journal Journey.

The prompt was "Into the Woods".