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 


Thursday, April 30, 2020

Spring Dolphin and Coffee

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 The forest

Spring! Magnolia and my sis.
The images above are digital, Photoshop, edits of  Spring.


Blue fire
(gave it a black background in PS)


 Dolphins

The images above. Many years ago I was about to print my own photos and bought a lot  of photo paper. It turned out to be difficult and expensive to do as it took a lot of paper and ink. So, I gave it up. I have had those papers on my desk for ages. But this week I got tired on watercolor paper. so I thought I would try to paint on the photo paper. It is glossy so it takes a different style to paint. So far I like it. The papers are small 10x16,5 cm. The paint is tempera.
As I recently seen images of dolphins swimming in Luminescence water I tried that. It was fun. 😊

Waiting for my brother yesterday, we were to go for a drive, my cup of coffee ended up on watercolor paper. A4
😇

© NF Photo 200430

Take care, stay safe out there.

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

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Friday, April 24, 2020

Paint party

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Abstract  autumn colors
Tempera color on watercolor paper A4 with additional frame in Photoshop
I did this for Rains Garden challenge. If you want to see the process go to the post before this one.
I made separate posts this week


Tree abstract
The circle in the center is a CD painted with Tempera colors with a grass brush. That kind of grass with fluffy seeds in the top. Quite fun experiment. But then Photoshop surprised me. I was about to make the "frame" black around the circle, but PS made some fill of the tree instead. I kept it because I like it, but can´t figure out HOW it happened so I am unable to recreate it 😞

Laundry, my Sunday morning activity

The wave
Photo manipulated in Photoshop

© NF Photo 200424

Hope everyone is safe and sound. It is spring leaves time outside.

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Thursday, April 23, 2020

What a messy process

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I decided to create an abstract with some colors I thought would go well together. I was not disappointed as the dark brown was even better then I thought. I haven´t used it before as it looks dull in the bottle. 

Spreading Tempera colors  on the watercolor paper A4

covering the colors with a plastic folie and spread the colors out.

Having trouble with the paper buckling 😒

 
 Ended up not that wavy after all

Done, after creating a frame in Photoshop

A messy process! But I like these colors together. Will probably use them again.


© NF Photo 200423
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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Bubbles Coffee and Blue Corona

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Bubbles for TAD, Photoshop edit

 Easter bubble in a glass ball. No edit!

 Coffee fun on watercolor paper A4
Added a little tempera and glitter

 A blue take on the Corona.    Tempera on tile 14,5cm
I have been staring on that blue color for a while. Now I cleaned up a black tile and now it got "infected"
😁

© NF Photo 200416 

Well, one needs to have some fun with it, right?
Corona is not only a virus. It is also the beautiful light around the sun. In this case, a blue sun.
But on the news the past days it seem to have slowed down a bit. Maybe there is light in the end of the tunnel?

Take care, stay safe!

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

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Thursday, April 9, 2020

Easter and spring art

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For Rains Easter challenge.  I found these two 2 days ago at the local store. They said "Easter" to me, Even if they are not yellow I like them, so do the Blue and great tits. They have been checking if this is good nesting material .


Down town they have decorated light poles with large golden eggs.  This is a bokeh version of them.

This is a version of what I earlier did om canvas. This is a flip on yellow A4 paper and tempera color. It works a little different then on canvas but quite fun anyway. And can be stored in a file.

Same as above but white watercolor paper A4

A back lit photo of a Magnolia tree budding, and a filter added in Photoshop.

© NF PhotoArt 200409

I wish everyone a great Easter holiday. Even if one has to celebrate it on "safe distance".
I will stay home alone, I don´t want to risk my daughter as she will undergo a surgery after the holidays. She needs to stay safe.

Linking up with the following memes. My thanks to the hosts:
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Thursday, April 2, 2020

A mixture of Art this week

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 Stencil art for Rains
Watercolor and Tempera on A4 paper

Landscape, inspired of a photo
Watercolor on A4 paper


Mixed media test with tape, stickers and added photo for background in PS
on A4 paper

 Brown Noddy

Brown Booby

The two images above are birds from Queensland. I am going through my files for birds images to post on Instagram. Coming by images I like I do some photo art of them.


© NF Photo 200402

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Paint Party Friday   Rains TAD

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