Check Out “Greens” of Nature for Crafts
May 14, 2009 by Mary Emma Allen
Filed under Home & Living
When I began painting classes and had assignments to paint foliage in the scenery around me, looking at it in different lights, I realized there were many shades of green. These also changed with sun and shadow, time of day and season.
Image: sxc.hu
If you’re involved in any crafts that include the green of nature, you’ll find it fascinating to study the different shades.
- trees
- bushes
- grass
- flower leaves
- fields of grain
- pastures & meadows
- swamps & marshes
Sometimes your green variations will be very realiztic and follow nature’s course. For other occasions, you might be more dramatic. Much depends on the effect you want to achieve and the medium and materials you’re working with, such as:
- painting
- crewel work
- knitting & crochet
- quilting & fabric art
- beading
- mosaic
How have you incorporated the greens of nature into your arts and crafts? How would you interpret the picture above into art…or poetry?
