Thursday, September 15, 2016

Autumn and other Leaves

I'm participating in a Leaf swap hosted by Nanner on atcsforall.com, and am having fun playing around with the watercolor layered backgrounds. These all use a base of watercolor wash, and then layers of stencil shapes also with watercolor.  Here's where I am with four of the leaves - these are all around 6-1/2 inches long and are 140# watercolor paper.

For the one green leaf with tree, I used a tree outline stencil and walnut ink spray. I kinda like it, but need to work it over a bit. I think a bird will end up in there somewhere. I'm debating how to edge all the leaves with color without making a mess and/or ruining it. :) 

This is a background using Twinkling H20's - which may also become a leaf, or perhaps it will be something else entirely. We'll see! 

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8 comments:

Valerie-Jael said...

Love your leaves, they are gorgeous, have fun!Happy PPF, hugs, Valerie

Clare Lloyd said...

Love your leaves

Anonymous said...

just love those colours and love autumn too

Fran said...

I love your colorful leaves

Linda Kunsman said...

Love your leaves and what a perfectly fun idea for a swap!! Happy PPF!

DVArtist said...

Wow a leaf swap. That is so cool. Yours are fabulous. I can imagine the all the different leaves that show up.

Giggles said...

Ooh I love these...gorgeous!! I'd be nervous to edge them...Maybe trace them on a plain paper...edge that and lay it down to see if you like it before you add it to the actual leaf!!

Hugs Giggles

Irene Rafael said...

What a great idea to make leaves from different techniques. I must admit that I like them the way they are!

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