Ever since I went to see Garrison Keillor at the Adams Center a few weeks ago and was completely entranced by his ability to recite poetry, I've been reading poems on a daily basis and listening to his Writer's Almanac each morning. So last week for the family's newsletter card I incorporated a poem about Autumn. I also played around with my new alcohol inks. Created a piece of cardstock with the smoosh technique and then punched leaves which I adhered with a little foam tape to give them dimension. I used one of my fourish stamps and colored it with 3 different shades of marker before stamping it. I was pretty pleased with how it turned out. Hope you like it too. And here's the poem. . .
An Autumn Day
Pumpkins in the cornfield,
Gold among the brown,
Leaves of rust and scarlet
Trembling slowly down;
Birds that travel southward,
Lovely time to play;
Nothing is as pleasant
As an autumn day
-Carmen Lagos Signes
No comments:
Post a Comment