Autumn Leaves
As December dawns,
the last leaf from November awaits its fall.
There are other trees
Still bearing several more leaves
That are still tightly holding on
So this is a small tribute to the grandeur of passing Autumn
Before all those leaves fall.
Like every year, we resumed our autumn fun activities with warm hues of Fall leaves.
As we resumed our art play-dates beginning of this October, small group of kids met and collected various fallen leaves’ specimens.
We Sketched them observing its shapes and curves while learning about rendering and graded line fun.
Some kids colored their drawings, some traced!
But that was irrelevant as best part was we all touched a part of nature that was technically dead but had some life left with much more beauty in them!
The girls giggle and teased amidst the fall leaves, echoing the beauty of Autumn amaze!
Then another day we had couple of senior members gather for Art meets.
Photo credit: G. Zhang.
One of them awed on design of Maple leaf that lay outside the entrance door ready to be carefully picked.
He brought it in with him, enquiring and discussing about its type of species to solve his Quest
We rendered a still-life that was placed.
And the Maple leaf fitted in just fine within the Visual context.
After the sketching was ended, G took photos of the still life, that became an art in itself!
Then came Thankgiving!
Instead of just card making, we baked cookies
That would go with the theme- ‘The Autumn Leaves’
It was an experiment!
And though intimidating, it was a lot of fun to execute its shapes.
We intentionally used white flours
So as to bring out the intensity of Natural Color, more.
We made sugar-cinnamon cookies with Beet for Red
And salted cookies with rice flour plus turmeric for Yellow’s flair
The raw batters looked amazing with stunning colors
But after baking, they all were fade
And ofcorse it was expected
But yet we had not accepted
until…. The cookies cooled
And the kids tasted..
Ahh, they said, “Not bad at’ll'“
For the efforts we made
For the ideas we executed
While shaping the leaf contours
And carving carefully its veins
It was worth all the pains!
So much fun we gained
making edible Art that also entertained!
Art need not be confined to Art
It can intermingle with everyday’s caos
While tidying, while dressing while cooking
or even on gardening patch.
Art can be part of anything you choose
Enhancing beauty, adding zest
of creative Energy
in whatever we do!
Good bye, beautiful Autumn! Thank you, my Friend :-)