' ' ' 'Crafty Endeavours: Calendar Challenge Week 10

Monday 14 November 2011

Calendar Challenge Week 10


The theme of the Craft Barn Challenge this week is "Autumn shades and leaves".  My original intention was to have a carpet of leaves with a main leaf more detailed in the foreground, but in the end I chose to leave the background white so that it did not outshine the main leaf's colours.




The main leave has been traced and watercoloured, the medium leaves were made with a stamp and the smaller ones are actually punched out from card (it doesn't show very well in the photo. As a nod to Tim Holtz, I applied some distress inks on some of the punched out leaves.

Hope you will like this page,

9 comments:

  1. Your watercolouring is amazing - the leaves are so realistic. I think you were absolutely right to keep the background white, it emphasises the beauty of the leaves.

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  2. I have to agree with everything 'Scrapmate' has said. It is a beautiful page and so well painted! Superb!

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  3. love your page...and the colouring is so beautiful, that's something I still have to learn

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  4. What a stunning page , you were right to let the leaf stand out on it's own.Think you'll have to do a tutorial on watercolouring because yours is gorgeous ! x

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  5. Your painting is superb. Makes you want to pick the leaf up from the page it is so realistic. Hugs Mrs A.

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  6. I think white background it's been the right choice, it's stunning!

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  7. LOVE this... the vibrant colours, the C&S look: beautiful
    Thanks for playing
    isa

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  8. Quite simple but that doesn't always mean easy, lovely painted autumnal colours, well done, Gay xxx

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