Today was a gorgeous day for a walk. The leaves are falling now like snow. Everywhere you see them fluttering by. I stopped to pick up a few along the way thinking I may just lay them on the scanner and crop them into a nice image. I ended up picking several magnolia leaves. They are tough sculptural things and did not want to be flattened for scanning, so I ended up taking some photos of them on an old wooden tray I just covered in gesso for a later project.

The gesso ended up being a great background to photograph on. So nice and flat, it soaked up a lot of light, and was a nice contrast to the smooth shiny leaves.

Looking at these makes me want to make some drawings.