A Nature Journal Entry – Fall Leaf

While we were in Connecticut, I started feeling really tense and had a pretty bad headache, so Kent told me to try painting. Sidenote, I have experienced sinus pressure and pain around this time of year at least since I was a teenager – it’s not because I was with my in-laws! =)   Anyway, I chose a leaf (maple, I think) that was vibrant and also had a lot of brown spots. I had recently read an article on dry brush technique for nature study and it said to try to paint the holes and imperfections in the leaf. Unfortunately, the leaf has lost a lot of its color in the couple of days that it took me to finish the painting, but I think you can still see the resemblance =)

Painting is just super relaxing to me – I wish I could paint a little every day!

 

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After 10 days away, I have a lot of laundry to do, but the house isn’t too bad! Eleanor is cutting her first tooth! She prefers to be held, though, and I don’t mind =)

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3 thoughts on “A Nature Journal Entry – Fall Leaf

  1. That is really great, Nicole. It looks so real. I am so proud of you! It looks like the leaf is barely touching the page it is sitting on.

  2. The shadow fooled me. I looked at it several times, enlarged it, but finally had to ask my wife if it was a leaf placed on the watercolor paper or a true painting. Well done!!!

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