Wednesday, February 28, 2024 The Workshop: Leaf Failures and a Lighthouse

I saw a great tutorial on Pinterest that showed the most elegant way to paint leaves using a simple maneuver with the paintbrush. I set about eagerly to give it a try, thinking I would make a lovely leaf corner border for a quote that I wanted to write out. I did a couple practice ones and let fly.

Not pleased with the result, I started doing more practice leaves. The more I did, the less they looked like leaves, and the more they looked like the kind of stuff I used to see through the microscope in biology class. I like the color combination, though. Back to the drawing board.

Here’s one that turned out better, from a few months ago.

I’ll be de-leafing this is the morning.