This all started from the mushroom shot. When I can I love to shoot beneath them to see the lovely frills. AS I went through my images the whole thing seemed to come together. I wasn't planning to do this IT just happened. The birds are individual decorations I saw at the Rainforest Cafe. The flowers are orchids I viewed on 2/17/12.

THere was just something about those birds on swings that I thought would be nice hanging beneath the mushroom. I did a lot of tracing and cutting to remove them form their original images. I painted ivy around the mushroom stem and then had it come over the top of the mushroom. The swings are hanging from tendrils I painted in. After I did that I thought it would be nice to add some flowers on the ivy...so added the orchids.

THe mushroom was done seperately in fractalius and became the bottom layer. After I completed the rest of the scene. I placed in the final image in fractalius again. I also had to remake the parrots face because it was completely washed out.

I hope you enjoy my magical place!
Thanks SO much for stopping by! :o) Helvi