Shells are incredibly versatile. They are beautiful to paint and draw, easy to glue onto boxes or mirror frames and great for making made up little sculptures or your own invented creatures.
Autumn painting! Fun things to paint and make during the Autumn half term!
For this article you need to get your wellies and warm coats on before the paint brushes come out! Long walks in your nearest park, local wood or even on the beach, should bring you lots of great source material to observe then paint and lots of things to collect and use to paint with! If you have a garden bursting with autumnal colour then even better!
Scavenger hunts with children are a great way of introducing your local environment, connecting with and discussing nature and educating your little ones on many levels. Not only about different kinds of birds, animals, insects, trees and plants but how we can live in harmony with these beautiful creatures and cultivate our open spaces, gardens or window boxes.
As we lose the early morning sunshine and bright greens of summer, don’t despair, it is slowly being replaced by the ever changing kaleidoscope of hues mother nature provides through Autumn! And we can look forward to our annual spooky festivities at the end of October, Halloween!
What to look for on an Autumn scavenger hunt.
- Fallen leaves – Next time you go on a bear hunt take your scavenger/foraging bags and collect all the different coloured and different shaped fallen leaves to take home to paint, or use to print! Or, you could use them to create your own leaf tree collage. Check there are no baby Hogglets underneath first! Think about line drawings around the leaves and then try to sponge two or more colours to add texture.
Collect fallen small twigs, they become great ink sticks or make your own paint brushes by using masking or duct tape to add some short string/twigs/leaves. Even old bits of sponge tapped onto the end of a stick is a great way of mark-making and creating texture. They are great to stick down for a creative collage too and they make great knobbly legs for your insect collage or sculpture!
Collect larger fallen twigs. You can tape crayons onto longer sticks or large chalk to use for big pieces of paper. They are also good for wands which you can paint and decorate with ribbon or paper, or create your own Kurt Schwitters inspired Snake Stick!
Feathers make a great mark-making brush, they are great to print with and are beautiful to draw or paint as a subject matter! Try to guess what bird it came from and make your own bird using the feathers in a collage!
Wild berries for a little bit of colour! Wild berries are great for staining your fingers and the paper purple and red. There are lots of natural palettes you can make using nature’s ingredients. Crushed dandelions make a great golden yellow, grasses and leaves crushed make a lovely green, mother earth brings browns, golds and black tones. Use directly on your paper or make little jars of inks by pounding the plants and petals and leaves in a pestle and mortar. Add a little water and put all your mushy mixture into an old towel, squeeze out your coloured inks into little jars and use! Or just squish your petals and leaves straight onto the paper! (Please note: not all berries are edible, please use caution when handling wild berries)
Dried stems, seeds and flower heads. Great to paint as a subject matter or dipped in paint they can make unusual mark making tools.
Our Autuminal scavenger hunt creations using fir cones, twigs, leaves and seed pods.
Scavenger Hunt On the Beach
Don’t forget to wear gloves and wash your treasures when you get them home just to make sure they are safe to handle!
- Driftwood is great for making little sculptures to paint onto, or to draw as a still life. Collect lots of little pieces of driftwood that can be glued onto an old mirror frame to create an unusual and interesting effect. Alternatively they can be joined together to make a little indoor hanging/wind chime or mobile!
- Seaweed is amazing to paint or draw. Dip it in paint to create some unusual organic marks and rhythmic lines on paper. Or you could glue dry seaweed onto your paper to create hair for your self portrait or a portrait of a family member?
Shells are incredibly versatile. They are beautiful to paint and draw, easy to glue onto boxes or mirror frames and great for making made up little sculptures or your own invented creatures.
Old rope or nets are similar to seaweed, they are great to make brushes out of or use for collages or mixed media drawings. They can be split and cut up to be used for tying your little sculptures together.
LONELINESS OF AUTUMN – PALETTE KNIFE Oil Painting On Canvas By Leonid Afremov
We would like to present hand painted oil on canvas painting (recreation) of Afremov’s artwork mentioned in the title. This art piece made by Leonid Afremov Studio with the same amount of soul and emotion just like the first original painting. The piece is created with oil paint on artistic canvas using Afremov’s unique technique of a palette knife. The artwork has a lot of texture, you can feel the strokes by touching this painting. By purchasing on our site, you are buying directly from Leonid Afremov Studio. We guarantee your satisfaction and the best customer experience.
The artwork is signed on the back and on the front. The certificate of authenticity will include the name of the owner who purchased the piece of artwork. The certificate is signed by Leonid Afremov Studio. If you are buying this painting as a gift, please provide us the name of the gift recipient for the certificate. We can also ship to the address of the recipient of your gift.
About this painting:
LONELINESS OF AUTUMN
What does it feel like when you have to make decision but there are so many thoughts in your head, and the surrounding is a complete hustle and bustle? You must be worried and anxious. However, we have the option to help you overcome all of these. We offer you a therapeutic doing by scrolling and seeing the art gallery online. This is a place that is not needed to be found by putting a lot of effort into it, or to be reached. You are one click away from finding peace, comfort and something far away from all the fuss around. Seeing art will give you new impressions, fresh feelings, and you will be able to get rid of all noisy and odd thoughts. And the fall painting is the one you need!
Leonid Afremov fall paintings are always full of magic and the reality at the same time. Take a closer look at the ‘Loneliness of Autumn’:
- Feel the season depicted on the canvas to the full extent. Just seeing it you may sense the scent, light wind and the atmosphere implied.
- Observe how the impasto technique creates such multiplicity of hues and colors.
- Pay a special attention to the light from the lanterns on both sides that exactly are like guardians of the way.
- Have a sight of the bench emphasized by its emptiness. There are definite chances of it waiting specially for you.
- Enjoy the fall despite its inclement weather. Autumn paintings make it very admirable and warm.
- Become the hero of the plot made by Leonid Afremov. Imagine being there, at park, and take all the benefits.
