Celebrate Autumn

Celebrate Autumn

It's time for us to celebrate the beginning of a new season with part three of our guest blogger Craig McCann's seasonal postings, all about Autumn. Craig McCann is a Yellow House artist and writer of a blog about illustration and design. 

 "When I think about this season, for me it’s all about colour and sound. Russet reds and browns, golds, ambers, tawny oranges and the scrunch, crunch, munch of the dried foliage on the forest floor and pavements all come to mind. I thought I’d start with a few inspiring design repeats that suggest ‘Autumn’.

 

Keeping the idea of colour in mind here’s a few quirky illustrations that sing of the season too.

Gillian Martin has some lovely fish themed designs and Heather Flynn’s textural repeat also hints at wood bark and rough, textural and earthy mark-makings.

Autumn is about Thanksgiving, a time for harvesting and gathering in the crops before the wintery ‘shut down’ begins. I also associate Halloween, pumpkins, ducking for apples, foxes, pheasants and squirrels with this season. Leaves are an obvious but beautiful addition to this list.

Of course we notice the change in the season not only by the changing temperatures, but also from the shift in greens to orangey browns on the landscape too.

 

The autumnal winds help to chase the final leaves from the trees, which provide a minimal layer of warmth and minerals on the ground in preparation for the winter months. In the USA the ‘fall season’ is a huge tourist attraction in areas around Connecticut and up past Maine. Where people flock to witness the banks of trees in their glorious fiery coloured splendour.

Some late, warm summery early evening glows, can still surprise us even in September. Autumn is always my favourite season, I hope you have enjoyed my selection of Yellow House artwork too."

Craig McCann - September 2014 http://www.fishinkblog.wordpress.com