Painting Leaves

Being inspired by all the colors of the 

season, I got out my watercolor paints 

to play.

Do you remember this post? 

Nature's Paint

Where I picked leaves and flowers and smashed them onto 

watercolor paper and fabric and some of the darker colors

printed right onto the paper.  So Fun! 

So, this time, I picked a few leaves and brought them in and painted them 

with watercolor paint and pressed them onto the paper. 

I think the Japanese Maple Leaf turned out the best print so far. 

I just kept repainting it with different colors.

An easy and fun way to make a greeting card or note.

This Japanese maple in our side yard has turned the most lovely 

golden yellow color. 

Directly across from it is another one but it's leaves are more reddish/orange, 

and it's where I got the leaf to make the print.

 I didn't take a photo of that tree, because sadly, it's starting to die and looks 

pretty scraggly. 

I think the weather here has been strange lately.  The evenings and mornings are 

VERY foggy which I think is pretty cool, 

then sun peeks out in the late afternoon for a few hours before it starts 

all over again. 

The strange part, is that we haven't had any rain in a while, and it's not in 

the forecast through the rest of October.

I hear November is the rainiest month anyway.  So, I'll continue to 

enjoy the colors of the leaves before the wind and rain blows 

them all away. 

I love this old school house on the corner of our street.

I took pictures of it in the spring too when this tree was

covered in pinkish white blossoms!  

I've been fighting with a cold for a while now that won't seem to 

go away, so there's been lots of hot tea, reading, crocheting, and napping going

on around here.  

So grateful I can just look out my door and walk around in my own yard 

and enjoy the beauty of this season!

Thanks for dropping by, 

Becca