Picking three random words out of a bucket of words, has been a trial. Mostly fun, but this past week I picked from my word salad grab bag were: Walking in the Woods, Copper and Birds. I thought this was going to be too much of a breeze. So I put it off and procrastinated and put it off some more. The only thing that kept coming to mind was Copper Birds. I couldn’t even get to the “walk in the woods” until late Friday and for some reason I’m trying to make a posts in one week from Sunday to Sunday.
Using Copper Flakes
![Maine Pines, Copper Bird](https://i0.wp.com/penzart.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Copper-Bird-in-the-Pines.jpg?resize=676%2C808)
The weird looking glittery stuff is copper flakes . For balance I put in few other copper birds on the branches. Once again, It’s just too hap-hazard. The second try was along similar lines and I had begun a story with it. It was ethereal story starting with a walk in clouds that began to dissipate. as the clouds opened up I found myself on the edge of a pond with copper birds flying about….I didn’t know where to go with the story. So, it became yet another weird picture.
![Copper Crows](https://i0.wp.com/penzart.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Copper-Crows-at-the-Waters-Edge-1024x790.jpg?resize=467%2C360)
At the last minute I started painting little copper birds and finally someone walking in the woods. The idea of a copper bird has tickled something in me. Here are only two of several sketches:
![Copper plus a little tarnish](https://i0.wp.com/penzart.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Another-Copper-Bird-in-the-Wood.jpg?resize=280%2C401)
![Walking in the Woods, Bird, Copper](https://i0.wp.com/penzart.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/WalkintheWoods.jpg?resize=466%2C285)
Copper Trees
I feel like I was just getting warmed up using the three artist prompt words. Maybe I’ll extend this another week. This tiny watercolor was an afterthought, but here you go:
![Copper Trees](https://i0.wp.com/penzart.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/A-Copper-Wood.jpg?resize=395%2C295)
Also At the Last Minute:
I started to write a story about a woman, a copper pot and crazy, bird man that lived in the nearby woods. I liked where the story was going but it was getting long and complicated. I thought too much to present here. But who knows… maybe I’ll continue it for another time.
Next Week Grab Bag
I’ll choose three more words even though I might continue with the previous three. I think I need a little more time to develop some of these combinations.
If not, here are the next three words:
Cartoon, Dumpling, and Ecru Those seem like a reasonable grouping…almost too reasonable.
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