Traces of clay after cutting out leaves.

I was recently asked why leaves? the reason I choose fallen leaves is because they often symbolize death in literature and mythology and the tree is often used as the symbol of family or life. Each leaf I create is unique to represent the unique life lost. Thanks for the great question, please continue to ask questions and share your thoughts on this issue and the project.

I went for a walk tonight and listened as the wind rustled the leaves and watched as the trees swayed gently. It was nice to be able to just appreciate the beautiful nature of a tree and not think about it as a source for leaves for my project.

So I was watching the birds outside my house flying and made a silly realization, I am a little slow sometimes, when people draw bird wings we tend to try to draw them symmetrically regardless of what the bird is doing but watching these birds fly made me realize how different the wings look depending on what the bird is doing. When they are turning the wing they are turning towards shortens flattens, the wing they are turning away from stretches and lifts if the are gong up, it stretches and drops in angle if they are going down.  

This is what happens when I am left unsupervised to long! 

I think the cat may be feeling a little ignored

I don't know when it happened or if it has always just been this way but at some point creating became an irresistible need and not a choice. 

Just a fun really quick sketch, I am trying to condition myself to do one a day.