This week I painted the American Tree Frog! I hosted a paint night at my house with some friends and we really got into some multimedia artwork. First, I painted a frog, then I cut up an Oak Bay Seniors magazine and created a collage. I chose a purple background because I wanted the greens, yellows, and reds of my imagery to pop.
I think my painting went really well this week. I am such a perfectionist that I usually get deep into the granular details, and am scared to take risks that might make a piece look bad. This week, I just went for it. I made a wild-looking collage, gum boots and all, and I really like how it turned out. This took me an hour and a half, and I wasn’t stressed about the final product, I was just enjoying the process. This is huge progress for me as a person/ artist.
American green tree frogs are found in the southeastern United States. According to the website Treehugger, the noise they make with their throat is called a ‘honk’. This action is illustrated in the animation I created below in Canva. Green tree frogs have a specific call that they make after the rain. Their mating is precipitation-dependent, so as you can guess these guys are big fans of the rain. The species may be called the green tree frog, but they have a wide range of colouration including brown.
As included above, amphibians are the most endangered group of vertebrates. This is a bad sign for American green tree frogs. Despite this, some invasive species of amphibians such as the cane toad in Australia and the American Bullfrog in BC can thrive. If you want to experience the craziness that is the cane toad, watch the documentary below:
I hope I have the time to paint again next week because it’s a lot more fun than pencil drawing. That’s all for this week, got to go leap into some other homework!
Your frog painting is amazing! you should also teach art!! I would love to learn how to paint. I also feel like I’m a perfectionist when it comes to drawing.