59/365 Tin can tree

Work with or be inspired by a tin can.

58/365 Snowflake with trees

Make somewhere indoors seem like it is outdoors.  Had a lot of practice cutting out snowflakes yesterday during the blackout.  These are the only kind of snowflakes we would see at our house in Southern California.

57/365 Blackout tree

Make something quiet.  We had a blackout for all of Saturday, so when it got dark, we collected every candle we could find in the house and lit them all on the kitchen counter.  With no background noise from electronic devices, it was very quiet and we spent the rest of the evening making paper cutouts by candle light.

56/365 Christmas tree

Make something old (old artificial Christmas tree) look new.

55/365 Collaborative tree

Start something, then have someone else complete it.  (courtesy of my daughter Isabel)

54/365 Mosaic tree

Create a mosaic using paper.  Snippets of color from magazines are ideal.

53/365 Paper doll trees

Make a repeated image by folding paper and cutting out the shape of an object.

52/365 Toothpaste tree

Use a toothbrush and/or toothpaste as a central component of what you do today.  Toothpaste on aluminum foil.

Low contrast toothpaste on aluminum foil.

51/365 "Pie-roh"

Create an alternate alphabet for a culture that never existed.  Make something using this alphabet.

50/365 White rice tree

Work with dry or cooked rice.

49/365 Desaturated tree

Desaturate.  Create the illusion that the color has been removed from something.  Acrylic wash on watercolor paper, with glazes of complementary color added to desaturate.

48/365 Splatter tree #2

Work with mistakes.  Spill some ink, mild or other liquid, then go from there.

47/365 Picasso trees

Use the world of birds as your inspiration today.  Acrylic on bristol board, after Picasso's "Pigeons" series.

46/365 Autumn tree

Work with nature.  Go to a nearby park and collect materials to work with.  Autumn leaves coated with acrylic medium.

45/365 Tree word

Create a visual definition for a word.

44/365 Shadow tree

Use only the shadow of something.

43/365 Tree with a face

Add a face to something that normally doesn't have one.

42/365 Black Friday trees

Transform a piece of advertising so that it has a new message.

41/365 Winged cactus

Add wings, fur and/or a tail to something that wouldn't normally have them.

40/365 Steam tree

Create something in the steam on a bathroom mirror.