The Bundles Unwrapped

 But first -- this is the second post I've started that way.  Why?  Well the images of papers that have been out in the elements all winter isn't nearly as nice to look at as this so first --

This painting reminds me of my favorite season.  I don't do watercolors like this anymore but that's a topic for another post.  For now, the bundles.

Last fall I wrapped some papers around two 8x8" and one 4x4"canvas panels, partially covered them with beeswax paper that I have for who knows what reason and set them out by my birdfeeder. I promptly forgot about them.  

In January I was filling my feeder. We had a thaw and the bundles were visible so I brought them in and unwrapped them.  This is what I found.

Wonderful collage fodder! That inspired me to wrap up more papers, we were still going to have more winter.  This time I put a note in my April calendar.  "Bring in the bundles that you put behind the garage, east side."  So when we got back from our trip south I brought them in. This time the paper was wrapped around 6x6" pieces, one a cradled gesso board and one canvas.  More wonderful collage fodder and two substrates already started.

The wood panel and papers

The canvas panel and papers

I've made a note on my September calendar -- "Do bundles and put them behind the garage."  This is as much fun as echo dying which is a summer project for getting interesting papers.  

And summer is coming -- eventually.