Art Lesson #56: Autumn Leaves in Colored Pencil

In real time...it's pretty meditative...

Let’s draw some leaves!

If you were the artist-in-residence of fall, what would you draw? We started with some preliminary ideas here, and then we moved on to pumpkins and squashes, and now we’re doing leaves. Next week I’m considering fall-themed food—what do you think?

Anyway, post a comment—about this or anything else—and I’ll pick a winner at random and send you this little leaf I drew for today’s video.

And here’s the video! I’m not sure why I decided to do this one in real time. Usually I speed them up so you get the general idea without having to commit to a long video.

But for whatever reason, I filmed 25 minutes of me talking and drawing. Maybe you’d like to draw along with me! Get out some art supplies and some leaves and give it a try.

I was happily surprised by how relaxing and meditative this was, even though I was filming and narrating. So if you feel like you need to chill out and give your overworked brain a break, I recommend this!

UPDATE: There was an editing mistake i…