The colours of autumn

Hi Everybody!

It's another grey and stormy autumn day here, but we have been promised better weather soon, so let's hope they're right. I had the wind in my back today so was able to walk much quicker than usual!

Today I am sharing an A3 17" x 12") mixed media autumnal piece. I started it in art class, and did the fussy-cutting and sewing bits later at home. I painted the background (A3) and 2 smaller pieces (A4) with various colours which I repeatedly sprinkled with embossing powders which were heated and bubbled in several layers to give maximum texture, using the same technique as in the tag I showed in my last post. I added some gilding flakes, too.  The large sheet was used for the BG, and from the smaller ones I cut the leaves and the bird, using a home made stencil for the bird-form. I still have some of the paper over which I will be able to use for die-cuts. I glued all of the cuts to black paper from an old calendar before fussy-cutting again and then sewing round the bird and through each leaf. I added a few dried flowers and gave the bird a berry in its beak. This is how I see autumn .

I am linking to Simon Monday Challenge,  Autumn and to Paint Party Friday

The photos were taken by Nathalie at a straw festival which she visited with some friends in the Black Forest area 2 weeks back:

Have a great day, take care,

and thanks a lot for coming by!