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It's official....I LOVE Pinterest!! And, I guess like lots of other people, I pin stuff on there with all good intentions and then forget about it! Well as part of the Learn Something New Every Day class by Shimelle we were challenged to actually learn a new technique that we may have pinned there for future reference!

 I'm sure this is a pin many of you will recognise but in the complete absence of ANY creative muse this is what I went with. Step one was to draw everything then colour in all the squares using oil pastels. Then scratch into the pastel...

 .. wash over with watercolour in a browny colour until you get the right amount of grungy.

 Next paint in the tree trunk using acrylics and add the concentric circles, mine are a bit wobbly!

Lastly add gold highlights and circles. Great fun to do and something I may expand upon in the future.