How to draw Fall leaf
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How to draw Fall leaf with Inkscape
I'll show you how to draw fall leaves with Inkscape. Inkscape is open source vector graphics editor and can be downloaded for free.
Red leaf is picture by Pippy2011.
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Line tool

On the left side we can find Toolbox and first we are going to use line tool, it looks like this.

We start to draw a leaf. We place points with line tool.

This is our leaf.
Edit tool

We add some curves with edit tool. We can find it on the left side and it looks like this.

To add curves we go to the part we want to edit, press it and drag it to the left or right.

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We add petiole and veins.

Now we add some spots where color will be different.

Our leaf is colored.
For petiole and veins I used color #d02929 for stroke paint and #d62f2f for fill.
For whole leaf I used color #841515 for stroke paint and #be170d for fill.
For spots I used five different colors:
- color #9a5f24 for stroke paint and #a8652d for fill
- color #dc9224 for stroke paint and #e38332 for fill
- color #e4b423 for stroke paint and #e3ab32 for fill
- color #dac825 for stroke paint and #e3d132 for fill
- color #dee22a for stroke paint and #e3bf32 for fill.

Here we use Filters - Blurs - Noisy blur.

Here we use Filters - Textures - Inkblot for petiole and veins
and Filters - Textures - Ink paint for whole leaf and yellow spots.

Magnet with red leaf by giftsarefunny
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We can change color and add different effects to get different leaves.
Here I used color #643131 for stroke paint and #671208 for fill for petiole and veins and color #ecde1e for stroke paint and #f3ac04 for fill for whole leaf.
Effect for petiole and veins is Filters - Textures - Inkblot and for whole leaf is Filters - Textures - Rough paper.

Magnet with yellow leaf by giftsarefunny
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This is another leaf with a little bit different shape.
I used color #6c112e for stroke paint and #76212d for fill for petiole and veins and color #b5100e for stroke paint and #a5361d for fill for whole leaf.
Effect for petiole and veins is Filters - Textures - Inkblot and for whole leaf is Filters - Textures - Ink paint.

Magnet with brown leaf by giftsarefunny
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Pictures "Red leaf", "Brown leaf" and "Yellow leaf" by Pippi2011 are public domain images.
They can be downloaded at www.clker.com,
here
"Red leaf",
here
"Brown leaf"
and here
"Yellow leaf".
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HorseAndPony
May 30, 2012 @ 12:07 pm | delete
- Thanks for sharing. I need to try this.
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inspirationz
May 5, 2012 @ 2:28 pm | delete
- ooh you've opened my eyes to the "filter" tool! I'm excited to try them out now! :D
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kaazoom Feb 16, 2012 @ 7:29 pm | delete
- Than you for the tutorila. I am trying to get to grips with inkscape. I will have a look at some of your other tutorials.
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miaponzo
Feb 7, 2012 @ 2:19 pm | delete
- I absolutely LOVE fall leaves!!! Blessed!
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Mistel
Jan 17, 2012 @ 8:03 pm | delete
- Very cool and easy to follow the step by step guide! :)
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