Design Stack: A Blog about Art, Design and Architecture: Painting on Leafs + Butterfly Painting on Sheet Music

16 Apr 2016

Painting on Leafs + Butterfly Painting on Sheet Music

American Artist Janette Rose, has always loved to use art and painting in particular, to demonstrate her love for nature. In today's post we are going to feature, 2 distinct mediums, which she uses to immortalise it. The fist is her paintings on leafs, each framed leaf sells for $185.00. We have included below a description of the process written by Janette. Further down, the second part, the butterflies painted on sheet music. We have also included a video showing her painting it.

Butterfly Painting on Sheet Music.

Painting on Leafs Process:
All of the Leaves are found in Northern Michigan. They are carefully selected in early autumn because they are at the thickest. I use primarily sycamore leaves, but also maple and oak.
Once the leaves are found they are cleaned in a bleach water solution to eliminate any moss and critters. Then they are pressed and dried for 30 days.
Once completely dry I apply oil based paint directly to the leaves. I usually try to sketch my designs ahead of time but I let each individual leaf lead me in the process.