Art Journal Caravan 2011 week 34 - Sound: The Sounds of Silence

Backgrounds by Honey Designs (United Kingdom)and GMiller of Lilypad (Acid Rainbow); Clouds by Sherrie JD (Mary Mary); buildings by Beth Rimmer (Sketchy City); Plane ??: Woman by LMurphy AJC11 parcel 11; Mask from Deviant Scrap color splash collab; Splatter Graffiti and brush used to distress font by Tangie (Color and Steampunk Lab, respectively); Fonts by Darcy Baldwin.~~~~ Yesterday was our first day under 100 degrees in over 40 days, so I went outside and sat for hours with my pencils and sketchpad, and it seemed I was sitting in silence until I listened beyond the leaves blowing in the wind, and I heard dogs barking, children playing in their yards, the constant whoosh of traffic from a nearby highway. Even airplanes overhead and a fire department helicopter and fire truck (there was a huge brushfire a few miles away) blended in peacefully to the "sounds of silence" in the city.