Sorry that I have been so neglectful in posting for years now. I don’t think I have to explain myself. I think everyone gets why many of us, if not all of us, are a bit “out of it” for about the last 2 years.
There. That ought to encourage me a little bit to at least get a few of my favorite fall photos uploaded for your enjoyment.
Enjoy the remainder of Autumn where ever you are. Michigan is one of the best states to view the changing color of the leaves.
Shed no tear! O shed no tear! The flower will bloom another year. Weep no more! O weep no more! Young buds sleep in the root's white core. John Keats
Even more temporary than the flowers that bloom are the hues of Autumn.
My favorite time of the year. I once saw a tree actually appear to glow from a distance but I had a witness with me as we drove towards it he turned to me and said “did you just see what I did?”
The following are some fall colors with enhanced contrast, lighting and other effects.
Enjoy the following autumn colors. Beauty is so fleeting on earth.
There are many different kinds of trees. Family trees, shoe trees and actually two kinds of those now. There are tree diagrams and also the kinds of trees that I think of right away when I see the word tree.
Coming soon to a woods near you!
I was fooling around with a glue gun tracing the leaf transfers that I adhered on canvas with acrylic medium. Canvas painted a very dark blue with the idea to manipulate pictures of leaves I had taken and scanned in the fall.
I thought about how the blowing leaves do not float down perfectly in the sky, but swirl and twirl all over the place before they land. First using Microsoft PhotoDraw, Distort Effect Twirl and fine tuning or adjusting the setting or the amount of the twirl of the leaf I applied it to each leaf separately to create the desired effect.
I verified the size leaves needed for the canvas size of 16 x 20. Wishing to show the effect of blowing leaves, but totally experimenting because I had not done these techniques before, I printed some of the leaves on regular printer paper, some on transfer paper and some on tracing paper just to see the finished look after fusing them to the canvas. I carefully cut each leaf out and auditioned them around for a while until I was satisfied. After the Liquitex Matte Medium dried thoroughly, I painted over each of the leaves with various shades of metallic harvest colors, enhancing the original color of the actual leaves. The actual transfer paper had the most pronounced leaf veins show through the paint, followed by the ones I printed on high quality printer paper. I actually preferred the effect that the tracing paper leaves had after painted. The base is so thin that the canvas outline came through in spots giving it a more textured appearance, which I preferred.
Looked boring so I decided to jazz it up by outlining it with a glue gun, painting over the glue ridges with the same shades of metallic paint and once completely dried, used metallic rub in a lighter shade of gold over the leaves and some of the canvas leaving streaks, enhancing the idea of blowing wind.
It’s ok, still have a lot to learn, but practice makes perfect. Please see the following slide show for more details.
The next gallery shows a few shots from some other collages I’m working on including one created for Christmas to reflect all the freaking snow we keep having this year!
I love the falling leaves with all the beautiful colors, no matter how fleeting. I cringe when I see very windy days coming up when checking out the 10 day weather forecast. I know that one very windy day, can turn the vibrant, ready leaves still on the trees into colorful, moving carpets.
Still missing my little baby Raizen, waiting for me to come home after work.Was featured again on Instructables. I plan on having much more information on that site in the near future. Food, sewing and crafts. My latest featured was Drawstring purse with cubbies inside to put things in. Again this step by step “how-to” can be found on instructables.com. Hope to have more info soon on Po’ Girl hand made clothing and will let you know when the etsy store opens!
Po' Girl Shines 
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