I was pushing my youngest son on a ‘birds nest’ swing in the local playground one sunny autumn morning in 2022 when I distractedly noticed the fallen leaves lying beneath the swing. The strength of the colour I saw, and in particular the contrast between the autumnal colours in the leaves and the rich, sunlit…
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They fell from trees!
Pictured is a demo painting made today for an upcoming art class. A still life painting in acrylics on A4 mixed media paper, it depicts an acorn, an empty cupule, and a conker. The class challenge will be to produce a similar still life painting including anything that has fallen from a tree. As we…
Drawing Upon Life 