![red trees](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/drp-red-trees.jpg)
I don’t know about you, but I love this time of year! All those pretty, warm colours of the leaves before they fall down on the ground and leave the trees bare until next Spring. I am so into yellows, oranges, reds, browns and the mixtures that happen naturally.
![red vine on house](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/drp-red-vine-on-house.jpg)
You don’t have to walk far to see this, this colourful balcony for example was just around the corner from my house and I live in the city.
![red and yellow vine](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/drp-red-vine.jpg)
And this wall covered with colorful ivy was right in my street.
![red and yellow tree](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/drp-red-tree.jpg)
![](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/drp-red-leaves-on-ground.jpg)
![red leaves on a red wall](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/drp-red-leaves.jpg)
![coloured leaves at the fence](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/drp-coloured-leaves.jpg)
![](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/drp-red-leaves-on-car.jpg)
![autumn leaves](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/drp-autumn-leaves-II-2.jpg)
I’ve always photographed this season as I love the turning of the leaves, but this time I was looking at it a little differently. I just signed up for Fodder School and in the second lesson we learned how to paint leaves with watercolours. I started noticing the shapes of the leaves, whereas beforehand I was focussing more on the colours.
![autumn leaves](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/drp-autumn-leaves-I-2.jpg)
The pictured selection of fallen leaves is not mind-blowing and there are lots of other shapes to be found, but I saw these close-by my home.
![watercolour leaves](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/drp-watercolour-leaves-I.jpg)
These are the aforementioned watercolour leaves, they were such fun to make! I used some simple leaf shapes, painted them in different colours, added salt and splatter to add texture and put some line drawing in black, gold and white on top. I cut them out so I can use them in different projects. Fodder School calls it ‘collage fodder’.
How about you, do you like Autumn, do you appreciate all the lovely colours of this season?
![more watercolour leaves](https://danielleroeleveld.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/drp-watercolour-leaves-II.jpg)