This is a fun exercise in Lesson four of Jane LaFazio’s mixed media course. It is Autumn here in Australia and I have chosen eight favourite plants from my garden. The Medlar was drawn with a permanent ink pen and then filled in with water colour. The Cosmos was painted straight in with watercolour. The Guara is outlined in permanent ink pen and the background filled in with watercolour after doing a light sketch with HB pencil. The Sage was drawn with water soluble pencil, in this case Dewent Graphitint. The Rose hips were outlined with a Tombow pen, then water added to make the shading. The Japanese windflowers were drawn and painted on a book page, then glued to the journal page. I tore off some little pieces of text and added them to give the background some movement. The large pomegranite is a contour drawing with permant ink. I then reduced the size (with a scanner) and traced a few more onto artists tissue paper adhering them next to the original. I added a few spots of Cad red watercolour to make the seeds pop.

Journal page: Autumn, my favourite season