Stress relief quick painting : Mining Nuggets

I painted this awhile back but forgot to post it here. Acrylic on a leaf I picked up in Florida in 2007.

Filed Under: sketches

spleeness says:

September 24, 2009 at 10:41 am

Is this on an actual leave?

THis is gorgeous!!

I just got back from being in Arizona for a few months and noticed in the Grand Canyon’s tourist store, some artists were selling leaves like this that had been shellacked (sp?) or otherwise preserved. Simply beautiful.
spleeness says:

September 24, 2009 at 10:43 am

This is gorgeous! I just got back from Arizona and saw in the Grand Canyon store artists that made leaves like this and then shellacked (sp??) them to preserve them.

Simply beautiful.
spleeness says:

September 24, 2009 at 10:43 am

And those leaves were not this nice!
Nguyet says:

October 5, 2009 at 10:32 pm

Yes, this is an actual leaf Holly. They’re thick and has a leathery skin, very inspiring to paint on. :)

Thanks for the nice comment :)