Tag Archives: Spring Art Hunt

Announcements

Signs of Spring

Signs of Spring are all over Nashville, including at Cheekwood, where it’s almost time for the Great Spring Art Hunt! You can enjoy all the tulips while searching for the hidden bunnies on April 2nd and 3rd; some will be tricky to find. Here’s a closeup of the back of mine:

See previews of all the rabbits and read about the artists here: https://cheekwood.org/calendar/spring-art-hunt/

Happy Hunting!

Mystery Technique

Mystery Technique #101

Here’s a closeup of the front of my bunny for Cheekwood’s Great Spring Art Hunt on April 2nd and 3rd! You’ll be able to see it in person then if you find its hiding place, although you’ll have a hard time getting this close to it. You can learn what special techniques I used next month if you’ve signed up for email updates!

ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #100:

As you can see below, I cut the dead tree out of a piece of watercolor paper covered with another version of the wrinkled plastic technique; then I scratched in some additional lines and added some shading to create a sense of depth:

For the final step, I rubbed it with sandpaper to get the weathered look of a long-dead snag: