Inspired by Geninne

I was so taken with Geninne's incredible painted leaves that I had to try painting on some of my own pressed leaves. I am not a fine painter like Geninne--I'm just a doodler--so please be kind to my experiments. They were so much fun to make! The leaf pictured above received a wash of gold gouache, followed by swirls in white acrylic ink. 

The maples leaves were sturdiest. The dried green walnut leaves were brittle and terrible to write on. That aspen leaf is tissue thin; I brushed it gently with gold gouache. 

 

My tools and materials: a beat-up old Brause 66EF nib; Schmincke gold gouache; F&W artist ink; and a decent brush. (All available here). Oh, and leaves!