Woodsy Autumn
Posted: October 20, 2021 Filed under: Brusho, woodsy | Tags: Brusho, Penny Black stamps 8 Comments
This new set, ‘Woodsy’ from Penny Black will be fabulous for winter scenes but before I put it to work in the snow I decided to create an autumn vista with the three trees.
Hoping to create the colour mass I see when the trees are at their best I pulled out a few brusho powders. I didn’t come close to the beauty outside right now but the brusho powders did not disappoint. If you have used brusho you will know they are unpredictable. I had a scene in mind and hoped the brusho would play its part.
First I stamped the three trees in ‘fallen leaves’ versafine clair ink and embossed in clear powder on hot pressed watercolour paper. To preserve the white tree trunks I used a clear embossing marker to cover the length of each trunk and embossed in clear powder again. With distress inks and blending brushes I blended speckled egg ink in the sky area and fossilized amber and brushed corduroy on the ground. I used simple post-it note masks to suggest hills and horizon.
Before sprinkling brusho over the panel I lay a paper mask over the sky at the top of the panel and ground at the bottom of the panel. I sprinkled sandstone brusho over the middle area then spritzed from 10″ inches above. I watched and waited as the colours began to appear and spread then added a little more brusho and water. I dried it with a heat tool before repeating the process. You have to be patient with brusho; if you add too much water too soon you will not have spots and dots of colour. Sandstone brusho is made up of several colours so I saw yellow, red, orange and brown appear, even a few blue dots too.
Once I had some nice patterns appearing I added a bit of yellow brusho and a tiny sprinkle of terracotta then left the panel alone while I ate lunch. After drying the panel thoroughly I blended more ink with the same post-it masks I had used at the beginning.
When I stopped I couldn’t decide if the scene was artsy or just messy. I set it aside and tried a few other approaches for a brusho autumn scene but kept coming back to this one, the messy, artsy, woodsy one!
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Heather Telford 
It’s beautiful Heather! You have worked your magic again!
It looks gorgeous Heather and a great combination of blended DI’s and then the added Brushos for the fallen leaves have given real depth and rich autumn colour to the finished look..it’s brilliant!! x
This is beautiful Heather, and so representative of what is happening everywhere as the leaves tumble and swirl down. The colours are lovely.
This is definitely artsy and a perfect Autumn scene, Heather!
LOVE your Autumn trees, Heather. They are gorgeous! Love the way you were able to create the hills in the background. xx
Love your fall scene!
Beautiful card and such a creative, patient use of Brusho powder! Do you seal your card with something after creating with Brusho? If so, what do you use? I have trouble with it coming off on my fingers. Thank you!
So sorry to take so long to reply. I don’t seal my cards so occasionally it does come off on my fingers. I did take the time to seal another project recently with Blair matte fixative. It gave the project a nice finish but I had to air it for a while as it had a strong smell.