Can you BeLeaf this?

“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.”

—Edgar Degas

Today I’d like to take you on a small and quick, vicarious trip to Japan. Why do I say vicarious? Well because as much as I would love to say I acquired these lovely Leaf Vein Panting souvenirs myself, I didn’t. They were a gift from my aunt and uncle who enjoy traveling the world—Lucky!!

Last year, they embarked on a cruise which made a stop in Japan. Here they came upon a group of very charismatic and talented painters. As it turns out, Leaf Painting has actually been around for over a thousand years!

The leaf itself is from a Banyan Tree, and the process each leaf goes through is quite arduous and complicated…But the end result is a small leaf canvas ready to be given life once more!

Painting over such a fragile and delicate surface takes quite a bit of skill, patience, and an almost surgeon-like pulse so as not to make any mistakes!

At first, they didn’t actually have a background, so that was just a small addition I felt was needed to get them to really pop. Have you seen or maybe even own some of these beautiful paintings? I’d love to hear about it!

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