55

 55....I turned 55 in January 2021....I decided that I needed to do something different..I decided I wanted to do 55 days of creativity....I had pinned up a sheet of newsprint to my wall and wrote happy birthday on it for my actual birthday day. Being in the midst of the pandemic, I celebrated alone in my house but on the phone/internet with family.  The next day I drew on some tulips, and then painted them....this lead to the idea for the painting/collage you see above. A story of sorts of a girl/woman sitting under a tree on a hill lost in the adventures of the book she is reading. 

I didn't start with the idea of adding collage to this story, but I was unhappy with the painted sky. I cut it out and put up another sheet of newsprint. With me and the tree and the tulips taped on the wall to the side, I thought and tested ideas for the sky...then I looked around and realized I had collected a few magazines and started looking through them. I excitedly started ripping out pages that might work for the sky and once I had collected a bunch, I started glueing... 

Once the sky was done I glued me, the tree and tulips on and then just added a few more small details and it was done!! My 55 day project which in reality took 85 days, turned out better than I even imagined.

This project was a lot of fun. 

What will I decide to do for my 56th birthday that is happening in a week?? I do have one idea, but it hasn't arrived yet so we'll have to see what else I can get up to..

Hugs, Suzanne