NatureFootstep

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

Travel blog

Butterflies and Dragonflies

NF Portfolio NF Gallery on Picasa

My photos at NationalGeographic .com
My Artwork on FLICKR

NF on Facebook NF Photo and Digtal Art on Facebook

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Invented color

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Todays theme at Rains is Inventions, below is my take on that 😇

First I created my own visor for protecting me from the Corona virus. It worked

😁

Second, I "invented" a new color to paint with. It is created from the settling when making my own red wine. I always liked the color from that and used to photograph it in my bathtub when cleaning the the container. And made some digital work on that. This time I added some vinegar to it to avoid mold.

Old time shutters!

In old times they did not have that much glas windows so for protection they used wooden shutters.

This one is created on A3 watercolorpaper using the red wine settlings and acrylic colors.

It was a lot of paint on that paper and it buckled heavily. I thought it was ruined. Also when it dried it cracked. It is impossible to flatten it so it can never go into a frame. But I like it!

Close up abstract of the above.

This is the lower right part of the painting to show the cracks. It is, kind of, a landscape of it´s own.

Wine flower!

As I had a lot of leftover color I started to paint the flower. But the soft background happend in Photo shop.

Wheat field abstract!

Photoshop from photo.

© NF Photo 210617

This is all for now. Hope everyone is healthy and not too hot. Over here we expect heat the comming days. Take care!

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

Meet me on Instagram:
NatureFootstep_Myworld
NatureFootstep_PhotoArt
NatureFootstep_travelsandbirds
NatureFootstep_Birds

See the sidebar for the last updates in my blogs.

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Thursday, June 10, 2021

Wet, dry and air

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In the water

For Rains promt this week. Created on a wooden plate I found at DOLLARSTORE.

Heavy medium gel and nature pieces, gravel and shell and a small piece of plant.

Desert life. Hot and dry!

Diecut and Acrylic paint on A4 watercolor paper

Hearts and butterflies!

Diecut and Acrylic paint on A4 watercolor paper. And a little PS work to connect them.

Pigeons in flight!

Digial work. My grass photo and some Shapes of a piegeons that´s altered.

After the flood it is now hot and dry. And summer seem to be in full swing. A bit too early!

😕

Take care everyone.

© NF Photo 210610

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

Meet me on Instagram:
NatureFootstep_Myworld
NatureFootstep_PhotoArt
NatureFootstep_travelsandbirds
NatureFootstep_Birds

See the sidebar for the last updates in my blogs.

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Hand in hand

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Today I was using some older pieces and altered them a bit to fit todays Hand challenge.

Hand in hand brings light!

My hand hodlding the hand you have seen before. A useful piece for artwork.

Dressage in my hand!

Holding the Blue Crystal World in my hand!

Maori cave art!

This piece is painted on watercolor paper A4. Orange background is watercolor. The caveart is painted with acrylic color. This caveart I have on a T-shirt from New Zeeland that bought on a visit many years ago. I love it and was thinking of painting it for a while now. Now I figured out how to get the pattern from the T-shirt to the paper. Still, I made a mistake. I forgot that I have thinner brushes. The "hands" would look better painted with a thin brush. But next time I will. There is a lot of rock art in the world so, maybe, I will do more of them. 😍

© NF Photo 210603

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

Meet me on Instagram:
NatureFootstep_Myworld
NatureFootstep_PhotoArt
NatureFootstep_travelsandbirds
NatureFootstep_Birds

See the sidebar for the last updates in my blogs.

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Cupcake and bubble wrap

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For Black and white, the last three images!

My favorite Cupcake

for Rains TAD

Chockolate solidier!

Brown Akleja on my balcony

My shell collection on acrylic painted background called Pool!

Peacocks at the Pool!

Die cuts on acrylic painted paper

Stamped!

I found my old stamp with my name, so after testing the bubble wrap I stamped my name on it. and added some small things. This is black CarbOn paper, A4, and as I thought the pattern looked a bit like mountains I came up with the one below.

Deers in the night!

Finally for Mosaic Monday:

Bubble wrapped deer

Working with the deer abow I put the stencil over the bubble wrap. And liked it so I took some shots and created the Mosaic.

And that is the final work for today!

© NF Photo 210527

If you like to see me and my siblings visiting the Giraffe exhitibtion go to: Sibings and giraffe

Keep safe everyone.

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

Meet me on Instagram:
NatureFootstep_Myworld
NatureFootstep_PhotoArt
NatureFootstep_travelsandbirds
NatureFootstep_Birds

See the sidebar for the last updates in my blogs.

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Some different things

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Sunset candies for TAD

I think I have shared them before and I still have them. :)

Fluid flower

painted on a disposable plate

Acrylic color flow over a baking tin

Light bulb woman or Butterfly lady?

Your choise!

The light bulb on my roof lamp broke. I was about to throw it to recycling when I thought to have some fun with it. First I painted the face with acrylic color. It sits on napkin holders.

I fetched my flashlight and turned of the roof light.

And, voila! I have a butterfly lady.

Birch canopy in spring!

PS edit from photo

My problem right now is the pollen. It has been raining a lot, and chilly, and the pollen stayed on the trees. Then the sun dried it all up and the wind blow the pollen around. I dusted my car three times yesterday to be able to see through the windows. My black jacket changed color to something dusty! And my eyes are sore. 😭