Some of the steps along the way....

Recipe:
Take one real grape leaf.
Cover leaf with liquid latex and press leaf onto watercolor paper. Press down to 'print' the leaf.
Let dry.
Remove leaf.
Paint with watercolor - the latex will preserve the veins and leaf shape.
Remove latex.
Collage with rice paper.
Have fun adding color with watercolor, acrylic inks, water soluble crayons - designing a colorful background.
​Voila!

Available at Upstairs Art Gallery, Healdsburg.

Art imitates life.......A happy customer emailed this pic of my Red Gravenstein painting hanging in her dining room. Paying homage to the Gravenstein apple, a local variety which Sebastopol is celebrated for. Thanks Carol!