I love using this stamped image from Third Coast… so much so, that I created an Autumn-themed piece on 8″x8″ canvas board around her. I used pale pearlescent Stewart Gill paint (like my journal pages on leaf prints), glazed with the orange and then a little dry-brushed red acrylic in the centre. The image was stamped onto tissue paper and left to dry.
I gathered a few leaves from the garden, cleaned them up and stuck them straight down with gel medium. I used another leaf loaded with black acrylic paint for the border and let that all dry completely. I then adhered the image to the centre of the canvas, added gloss gel medium to seal it and finished it off with a little paint to blend in the edges. There’s a lot more shimmer to the whole piece in RL, but it scanned reasonably well.
This is my entry to this week’s Mixed Media Monday, whose challenge to you is to create something in the colours of autumn.
Altered Art & Stuff... 
Anni
/ November 3, 2008This is wonderful, I can see the wind is blowing, and the leaves fly, real autumn.
Kaz
/ November 3, 2008this is gorgeous Rosie, I love it and I love that stamp too.
Virginia
/ November 3, 2008WOW!! This is gorgeous..Love the stamp.
herminesplace
/ November 3, 2008FABULOUS!!!!!!!
Moira
/ November 3, 2008Fantastic piece Rosie, wonderful in every way
B
/ November 3, 2008I can see why you love that face. It is wonderful, and the design you built around her is fantastic.
wil
/ November 3, 2008wow wow . its so beautiful !
great image and colors.
hastingshall2
/ November 3, 2008Rosie, what a gorgeous work of art! I love the stamp, but your whole design rates an A+.
Faye
Astrid
/ November 3, 2008Great piece, colours are just wonderful!
filetta
/ November 3, 2008Absoluty wonderful !!!!! love the image of woman, the color, the composition…. all is fab !!! bravo
Ananas
/ November 3, 2008STUNNING!!!!
Char
/ November 3, 2008Fabulous.
Viola
/ November 3, 2008Wonderful piece with great colors!
Cheryl~
/ November 3, 2008Beautifully made~ it looks like a “window” into fall
Nan
/ November 3, 2008Love everything about this…gorgeous!
Serena Pia
/ November 4, 2008Oh my goodness! Did you say you just grabbed up some leaves and put them onto your work – just like that – without having to preserve them? You mean I can do that??? You have no idea how excited that makes me. Just today I was looking at all the magnificent leaves scattered on the ground and wondering how I could incorporate them into my collages…what I could use to keep them from falling apart. So, I can just dip them in gel mediums? Wow. This is a big happy surprise for me.
Thanks for visiting me again! xoxo Serena
Rachel
/ November 4, 2008That is a very striking image! i love the leaves in her hair and the look in her eyes. Great colors surrounding her, too!
Barbara Hagerty
/ November 4, 2008Fabulous! I love the colors and textures in this canvas even more than in your blue piece! That face is amazing! I hadn’t thought about it, but this stamp has me noticing other faces on rubber stamps and making comparisons. There was a huge rubber stamp vendor sale here last weekend with lots of amazing face stamps, but none compared to this one. It’s more alive, I think. And I think that the leaves in her hair harmonize beautifully with the autumn colors. WOW! This is gorgeous!
mixedmediamonday
/ November 5, 2008Oh, Rosie – this is stunning! Love it! Diane