**DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME**

Some of the best results in art happen when we as artist give up some creative control and let nature and time decide what our art will become. See some of these terrific, unpredictable works of art below...

 

**NOTE: The fire ants killed in this process are a dangerous invasive species and would need to be killed one way or another - the normal ants we have here are no danger to anyone and an important part of our ecosystem.

 

Some "painters" (above: Italian artist Salvatore Raimondo) rely on simply submerging their canvas into waters rich in minerals, bacteria, etc. to create abstract works of art

 

 

Some "drawers" (above: UK artist Tim Knowles) allow the wind swept branches of a tree to hold their pencils and make their marks - while the results may not look like "anything", the drawing represents the passage of time in a totally unique way

How might you use a natural process to make an unpredictable work of abstract art? Think about your surroundings and how they change according to the time or day or season.