Changing seasons

It is already November... time flies.

I did not have enough time for the vegetable garden this year.

Luckily I did pick some grapes,

and now the grape vine is putting on some bright colours right outside my studio.

Beach finds

Found some small treasures on the beach in Italy,

which I can use for my Nature journal:

Galaxy project of painted paper

I really like working with paper,

and when I have some paint left-overs I use them 

on left-over paper bits.... yes: I like to re-use and use the resources to the fullest!

It resulted in a galaxy project,

by designing and cutting tags and notebooks.

For sale in my booth at ETSYmade in NL in Leeuwarden on November, 23rd.

Yes, I really like those ETSY craft fairs, meeting the makers! And I like to be a part of them :).

Chestnuts in abundance

Sun and chestnuts, but wow these are prickly...

and edible...

Autumn red

I like to walk through the garden and just look at details.

These sweet red Autumn colours are popping up here and there.

A sort of soft burgundy, fresh, not saturated.

Love them in combination with the green colours.

This is a raspberry stem.

One more: Nature journal

Another exercise in my Nature Journal: make a reference of colours and patterns. 

I chose a magazine from Sweden, and simply painted what I saw.

When you fill in all the squares,

it is a nice reference to look to for ideas.

I will use this more to gather ideas.

The nature journal progress

I spent some time working on the Nature Journal. This time we looked at the shapes of leaves and how to use these in your art. It is just fun to experiment with the shapes and structures.

Some results:

The autumn is starting here: lots of rain showers, a slight chill in the air, mushrooms popping up.

I miss summer already... but hey it is time for a new season, and new colours.