I did this Fall Maple Leaf as an Anna Mason tutorial. What a joy it was to see the colors develop with layer after layer of slightly different shades of red.
Dad chose two different Maple trees for our backyard. He chose them as shade trees during the summer and for their very different colors. The Silver Maple has jagged leaves that are green on top and silver on the underside. Any little breeze made them flutter and show both colors. They turned yellow in the Fall. The Norway Maple leaves are broad and deep green in the Summer and turn deep red in the Fall. Both trees dropped lots and lots of leaves. We loved to rake them into a huge pile and then jump into the middle scattering the leaves to rake again.
Even as a little girl I appreciated the colors both in Summer and Fall. Those colors only lasted a season and then were gone. What fun I am having learning how to capture the colors and shapes to keep on paper!
Are you making the most of this season in your life? Things you didn’t take time for earlier may be worth taking time to do or enjoy now.