KAT's Nature... Is To Be Creative: christmas ornament

OK... So this is me splurging on a mango shaved ice .

This is our favorite little shack

along the Little Miami River walk/ bike/ hike trail.

It has been just way too hot this spring and summer!

Seriously hot...like danger warnings about the heat hot!

So walk in the shade and eat shaved ice

or drink lots of H2O.

So of course i have been thinking about Christmas/ Hanukkah and /or Winter

season stuff for my gift shop art work.

We have a big outdoor-in-the-park Art Show

here in Loveland in mid September...

and I want to sell a few of my new bird ornaments

at the LASOM booth.

(My backdoor way into the exclusive art show)

only 80 artist are picked to sell and compete

in the annual big event!

Twice I did not make the cut .

but you can read about that here

if you really want to be depressed for me.

LOLOLOLOL

I sketched up some flying birds and had Mr Nature cut some out for me
using a nice lightweight thinner wood.
then I added my signature feathered texture
with golden modeling paste and base painted them black

I was going to do these birds differently.
I was going to use patterned scrap book paper on the bellies
of the birds and colors to match the look of the oriole in my bird book