Welcome to
Monica Johansson and NatureFootstep.com
I am interested in nature photography and photo art and travels
as much as I can to find new areas to document.
I have many blogs and below you find links to them.

Photo and PhotoArt blogs
NatureFootstep Photography and PhotoArt
Image files:  File 1,    File 2,   File 3,    File 4,   File 5

Bildverkstan - Image workshop
Image files:   Bildverkstan/Image workshop       Creative playroom ART

NatureFootstep World   Image file:  NF World

Birds blogs
NF European birds    Image files:  File 1,  File 2,  File 3
Birds around the world, Honolulu, Norway, Iceland, Japan    Image files: Around the world,   part of Japan birds
Birds in Costa Rica  Image files: Costa Rica
Birds in Morocco  Image files: Morocco
Birds in Queensland, Australia  Image files: File 1    File 2 


Friday, September 27, 2019

Mermaid Squad

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Mermaid Squad 
canvas20x30 cm
© NF Photo 190927

Still wondering what I shall do now when exhibition is over. Don´t think I will paint much more, there are too many canvases in my apartment and no place to hang them. But I still have a few new ones that will need some paint. So, I guess I am not finished yet.

This week I went through some stuff I bought a few month ago and came across the mermaid stickers. So, I started to work with them. First I laid them out on carbon paper but decided to give them a background with their own colors. I used a foam brush I had still not used and liked the patterns it gave. Think it looks like waves so very suitable here. :)

Then I glued the stickers on the canvas and learned I should have wet them first. Now they lived a life of their own on the canvas :)  But I managed to get them mostly flattened.

Hope everyone is fine as fall has arrived up north and spring "down under", both colorful seasons.


Linking up with the following memes. My thanks to the hosts:
Paint Party Friday    Off the wall Friday

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Friday, September 20, 2019

Photoart today

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Miniature landscape

Flight
© NF Photo 190920

The exhibition is over and my head is empty. Almost 4 weeks seemed to have drained me. As the library is in my town I want to visit a while every day to talk to whoever visit. It is fun to see what they like and think about it.

First image today is a shot in the forest. Almost a SOOC (straight out of camera) image.
The second one "Flight" is a composite with 4 images from 2 countries I visited, Costa Rica and Japan.

Fall is around the corner with fresh air. I love it!

Linking up with the following memes. My thanks to the hosts:
Paint Party Friday

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Friday, September 13, 2019

Bubble wrap fun and a cat

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The following was using a bubble wrap to create the patterns
 the starting paint on a glazed tile


pressing the bubble wrap on the glazed tile

Before I used the bubble wrap I pressed a canvas on the tile creating a mirror image of it.


finally I used the color on the bubble wrap to "paint" a CARBON paper and an acrylic one.  You can see many of the colors get lost on the CARBON paper. And changed the feeling of it.



 Lastly I had some digital fun with a cat I photographed, This time I used Topaz to do it. I find it relaxing after spending many hours at the library.

© NF Photo 190913

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Paint Party Friday

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Friday, September 6, 2019

Tiny wooden boats and a little PS

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This is what the final exhibition looks like. Just a little is missing to the right. 
One more week to go, then it is over.


People seem to like the small wooden boats so I created a few more. These are shorter then the other one. I share before and after the balloon pressing.  I think that this would be fun for teachers in school to do with their students. Easy to do, not that much sloppy and fun. And it is useful to keep small things in. 




Finally, 2 more works in Photoshop.


© NF Photo 190906

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Linking up with the following memes. My thanks to the hosts:
Paint Party Friday

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NatureFootstep_Myworld
NatureFootstep_PhotoArt
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