One of the rules of leaf ghosts is that the model and the painting (or drawing) are directly related only by the outline of the leaf. The art is never an attempt to accurately recreate the subject.
However, every once in awhile the two end up at least somewhat related. I’ve noticed that pictures of wet leaves tend to become watercolors. And with this ghost I thought it might be fun if the background at least vaguely suggested bricks (again without making any effort to duplicate the colors from the photo).
This also supplied a good excuse to try out my new set of Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors. Doubtless a topic I’ll explore in greater detail in some future post.
