We left Collage Collage the other day inspired not only by a great book and workshop, but also by their window decoration: printed white tree silhouettes with leaves collaged onto the inside. Window painting, thought I!
Our house has a lot of windows so we are spoilt for choice but I chose the sunny double sliding balcony doors at the front of the house. We stocked up on 'Posterman' pens at the art shop; great for glass, mirrors, and blackboards, as I remembered from my days of painting shop windows and pub signs for a bit of extra cash. They clean off pretty easily too so no worries on that front. Don't seem to come out of clothes so well though, so be warned when the little hands get hold of them.
I drew the tree silhouettes and some mushrooms onto the window, and the little hands got stuck in and added their own creations.
Then we hit the studio, and painted some pieces of dampened newsprint with diluted Stockmar watercolours in Autumnal tones. And yes, that's my girl painting in a tutu - I can barely get it off her since we picked it up at the Sally Army last week.
When the papers were dry, I cut them into leaf shapes and we stuck them onto the trees.
They look great with the afternoon late Summer sun flooding in, and as Autumn progresses, I think we may allow the leaves to gradually flutter down off the trees to the ground below where the mushrooms are growing in the dampness.
The shift to Autumn always seems to inspire enthusiasm for seasonal crafting around here; check out last year's leaf monoprinting and leaf collage.
A page is turning for our family too, as Boo today had her first day at preschool at the Vancouver Waldorf School. I'm so happy that she can spend some of her time in such a nurturing and creative environment, and I anticipate being continually inspired myself as a parent and 'maker of stuff'.
So proud.
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