Autumn leaves and their colours always inspire me. As a result, I've been a bit distracted from my composition lessons by my Gelli plate and the desire to capture some autumn splendour.
This first one and a few below were done with a favourite stencil called Leaf Specimens by Joggles. The next few were done with pressed leaves from outside my home.
I find it challenging to achieve the colours (and colour combinations) I'm aiming for. Some are a bit too bright and garish:
I think the one above and the one below would benefit from some additional embellishment ... maybe with gold and black pens, or dark brown calligraphy ink.
Others are a bit too diminished by the layers or by the addition of too much brown:
The camera also washes them out (or rather, my lack of photographic skills). 😏
Still, I do enjoy playing with colour and the anticipation of how it will all turn out.
And this last one is merely a unplanned nice surprise -- the result of pulling paint from the holes of a stencil (Balzer Designs Pointy Circles) for the early layers of a few of the prints above.
Happy Autumn!!
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