May 17
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

My neighbor Joan, of the lawn, has this wonderful tree in her front yard. It has these red, deeply cut, elegant leaves, and I adore them.

I made the background by applying and roughly sewing in place a series of fringe-edged squares from the ends of fabrics I’ve been using. It looked great before I decided to paint it with Pebeo transparent paints, and stick the leaf on it. When light reaches the paint, it darkens, where light is blocked the paint migrates away/lightens, forming these lovely sun prints. I am thinking the paint could be thinner, letting more of the background through, but I do like the way the leaf printed.

Poor Alice is ill, and I am going to bed now so that I can wake up when necessary.