I started by picking out all the elm leaves that had been dried so I could decide how I would like to place them on a canvas for a mixed media painting.I had two different sized canvases that I was planning to use for a series of paintings of different kinds of leaves.
On the larger one I hadn't painted the background colour onto the canvas, but on the smaller one I used a mixture of black and iridescent acrylic paint.
Next I placed the leaves onto the canvases and moved them around.
Elegant Elm
It took quite a while, but I finally found how I wanted them placed
I put the rest of the leaves away and I will have to decide what colour or colours I will paint the leaves before attaching them to the canvas.I will post these pieces at a later date as more work on them is completed.
Thank you for coming to look at my artwork.
Elegant Elm I
