It had been a stormy day and with lots of wind. Once the weather settled down, I went out to the backyard to straighten up chairs that had toppled over and I found a treasure.

A birds nest had fallen to the ground with all it’s magic and bits of life, twigs, thread, and fabric all woven together. I brought it inside to get a closer look and then quickly began getting things out to create my own.

As I was gathering ideas…I was wondering what happened to the bird and if it was ok. I also started thinking about this season of weather … when Mother Nature struggles to let go of winter and head into spring. So many meanings and thoughts from one little birds nest.

I share all about the process and more of the story in today’s video .

Supplies used:

1. 8×10 wood panel
2. Liquitex professional matte medium and Liquitex professional matte gel medium
3. Liquitex gesso black and white
4. Liquitex super heavy gesso
5. Acrylic paint – unbleached titanium, burnt sienna, green gold, raw sienna,
6. Grumbacher raw umber
7. Daler and Rowney acrylic ink – sepia
8. Brayer, Palette knife (set)
9. Generals charcoal pencil, Koh-i-noor pastel pencil set, Stabilo All pencils, black soft pastel stick
10. Round brush in different sizes
11. Collage paper
12. Collage material – twine, teabags, raffia ribbon, torn fabric

Stencils used:

1. Budding tree 8×10
2. Birds nest 8×10 – this will be on sale this week