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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 


Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Printing at the Library part 1

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There are a different exhibition on our Library. It goes on for six weeks and changes constantly. And lots of different activities going on in the room. Everything from reading books to music and even Qigong. Everyone can attend and it is freee. I have never seen that much people in the Art gallery or the Library before. So much fun going on. 

I have attended twice on the Open workshops and there will be one more before it closes. 

Motion
My first print 


Fuji volcano


Deer silhouette used for printing


Deer silhouette, the print on cloth



The artist, Tova, in charge for the event, coloring my Deer before printing it
We can take the "original" home when it has dried, but the printed cloth will be sewn together to large cloth pieces and displayed in the end of the exhibition. 



Path into the woods. 

Painted on paper A4. Tested some new ways of doing things. I made a mistake on the path but in the end I, kind of, like it. The paper was wavy due to the wet color but it makes it more alive, so I don´t mind. 

© NF Photo 220427

TAD:s theme this week was Leaves and branches. But as it turned out she changed her mind. As PPF ended Rain now made the promts optional. 

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TAD

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

Tag and Tad

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Tag Tuesday wants animals this week. 
Here are some from my bookmarks. And a few painted flowers.  

Rain wants Aviary for her promt this week. 
This is created from a photo in a Zoo in Honolulu 2013. 


The war effect

Watercolor paper, A3, acrylic paint and plastic folie.

Guess you know what that one is all about 😢


© NF Photo 220421

That´s all for today. Sun is shining and I am heading outdoors. 
Have a nice day everyone.

Linking up with the following memes. My thanks to the hosts:
Tag Tuesday      TAD


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Monday, April 18, 2022

These boots are made for walking

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These boots are made for walking. 
Nancy Sinatra in 1966

This was one of the greatest hits when I was a teenager. Still remember it clearly.

These boots however is my daughters. Shot this week as she and I was on a SPA and enjoyed ourselves. 

My daughter relaxing in the lobby

and me enjoying hot stones massage. 



© NF Photo 220418 

These boots are made for walking



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Art Journal, Play it again Sam


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Thursday, April 14, 2022

Yesterday and long ago

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I have posted this painting before. It is a combined work of my mother, father and me. 
Mom painted it, dad created the pieces of Juniper and I sew the Juniper on the painting to form a gate. 
Today I added my parents weddingphoto. 
For Rains theme Fond Memory

This is me visiting a SPA yesterday with my daughter. I was massaged with hot stones. 
That will be a wonderful memory for the future. 

© NF Photo 220414

Added for  TIOT Spring Colors © NF Photo 220415: 

LOL I made a mistake and created a TAG for TIOT "Spring colors"
I think it fits for that one too. 
I painted our first spring flowers on a tag. Hepatica, Wood anemone and Coltsfoot :) 
😀


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TAD    TIOT

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Tag, fluid and prints

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Green and blue for ourtags this week. This little maiden seems to suit the promt. 

Golden and silver  abstract
I had some fun painting over an old board this week. 



In the Library they have an unusual exhibition. Among other things they have "Open workshop" a few times during the period. 


This day they had one young woman that was printing fabric. And helped visitors to do that. This guy works on the Arthall and he holds MY first print. Wrong that was the second one. I made three.


These are the originals I created. The last one is the printed fabric the guy above are holding. 
Everything is wet and had to dry. The color was oil so that takes time. I was allowed to get the hard cardboards when they were dry. But not the fabric. They keep all fabrics and in the end they will sew them together to one large cloth.

© NF Photo 220406

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Once upon a time

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Flaming star Journal. Starring Elvis as Pacer
Digital art using Movie photo pf Elvis, my images from my trip to Yellowstone and shapes from PS.
I hope it quaifies as a Journal :) 




When I was a teen I had a crush on Pacer. Not Elvis but the caracter he played. A movie that showed he was a brilliant actor. 
I found clips and even a moviestrip of the film on the net. The film is a very bad quality. 

In this movie he only sang the Lead music, Flaming star.  and a song when they danced in the old house. This movie is all about the problems between "americans" and "natives". Watching parts of it now is terrrible. Pacer sits right between the two not knowing how to act as everyone hate everyone. And he loves them all. 

I found two versions of Flaming star and was not able to choose one of them. 



Art Journal Journey  Play it again Sam!

Note, Erika pointed out I did not really create a Journal. OOPS! She is right. Guess I am not used to what a Journal is yet. I´ll see if I can create one. If not, I hope I am excused for now! 
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The following is for TAD who wants Farmlife this week.
This is a page from my grandmothers album. She lived on  farm. Photos are more then 100 years old. The cottage on the right, top image, is taken in 1913 and shows my grandmothers father Victor
Manne on the bottom row is my grandmothers brother. 

My grandmother Ingrid


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