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August 21

Today I was making sangria, when I noticed the wine cork sitting on the counter and thought it would be interesting to paint with them.  I've never painted with anything outside of a paint brush (that wasn't for class) and I thought it would bring a new texture to the paper.   I was inspired by the thought of recently selling my childhood home, how much I loved living there, and the fantastic sunsets I would see nightly.  After I finished the sky and grass, I started looking around the house and found some nails that would give me a smaller circle for birds.

The experience was really fun, it was much more relaxing that I anticipated.  Some corks (synthetic ones) worked much better than the actual cork corks.  The synthetic ones didn't soak up as much paint as the other ones.  The nails worked great, even paint distribution all around.  I also decided to add my house in felt for additional texture.

Materials:
12x12 textured paper
various acrylic paint colors
corks
small nails
felt
scissors

glue