Autumn Art Journal Page

This is page 17 in my journal.

Pages 15 & 16 are in various stages of completion.

I am totally thrilled with how this one

turned out! :0) :0)

Autumn - My favourite season to depict

in art work due to the fabulous array of colours.

I know summer is pretty but Autumn is full of

russet, gold, terracotta & greenish browns.

 

 

What this photograph does not show is the umpteen

layers that went into creating the depth of colour

in the background.

I lost count after 7 applications of paint and ink.

I stencilled the trees either side with my

homemade texture paste and the centre in brown

heavy body acrylic paint.

I made two "trunks" from chipboard for the outer

trees using chipboard as the stencil (CW Reverse Branches)

has no trunks on it.. Once the texture paste was dry the trees were first painted

with Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze in Chestnut Brown.

Once that was dry I added brown HB Acrylic paint sparingly

by dry brushing over the branches.

Fence is a Die cut as are the two birds.

Word Autumn - TH Chip block Alphabet

This was coloured with Ripe Persimmon Ink, covered

with Rangers Crackle Glaze & once dry

swiped over with Gathered Twigs.

Then of course I added my leaves!!!

TH Tattered Leaf die, some sprayed with

Dylusions; Ground Coffee/ Chopped Pesto

Tangerine Dream & Melted Chocolate

The rest were Gilded with Indigoblu Mega Flakes

Winter Dawn (silvery ones)

Chocolate Box (goldish ones)

I am extremely please with those leaves!!!!

Finally the wording strips.

These were computer generated & inked with Antique Linen.

The words are the first two lines taken from

the poem "Leaves" by Elsie N Brady.

“How silently they tumble down

and come to rest upon the ground.

To lay a carpet, rich and rare,

beneath the trees without a care.

Content to sleep, their work well done,

colours gleaming in the sun.

At other times, they wildly fly,

until they nearly reach the sky.

Twisting, turning through the air,

‘till all the trees stand stark and bare.

Exhausted, drop to earth below,

to wait, like children, for the snow."

I wanted to use the whole of this beautiful poem,

but felt it would not look right on my page.