Painted Autumn Leaves

Actual leaves this time. Another activity I completed with my class of 10 year olds. They looked fantastic hanging in our window - sadly down now as Autumn was in April and it was tricky photographing without getting a reflection. I did end up having to glue my two examples together after someone had fiddled with them and made a hole! :(

We PVAed the leaves first to make them stronger and stop them crumbling. Then painted designs and finished with gel pens and metallic Sharpies.

This is an entry in the Paper Artsy Challenge - Autumn Leaves.

Autumn Print

I was worried about the fact that we are going into Spring here in NZ but then realised how much Autumn inspired art I did back in March/April.
This one was one of the first things I cut with my Brother Scan n Cut and then Gelli Printed. It was hanging on my wall - how did I nearly miss it!?
This i an entry in Paper Artsy Challenge - autumn Leaves. I love those skeleton leaves on their blog. The look like sculpted metal and could be a idea for next Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.

The stencil was cut in card and once it had been used to create the prints, I then used it as a frame with another mono print behind it.

Autumn Leaves

Now some of these challenges really are a challenge - I'm in the wrong season down here for and Autumn challenge!

I have posted some similar work I did with my class as part of my Birch Trees post as I had used the technique and adjusted the images used. However I have not posted this image before. It was my original trial of the journal page, to make sure it worked when I went through the process with the kids. The one I posted before was the one I did in class.

This page I think has more vibrant colours and is my favourite.

I am posting her for Paper Artsy's Autumn Leaves Challenge.