Lately I've been experimenting with a different way of using the leaves and flowers from my garden – rather than using a gel plate, I've applied the plant material directly onto wet paper and just added washes of watercolour. I vary the effect by also spraying and dripping the paint and using salt for texture. Once everything is completely dry the leaves can be removed, revealing the exciting results! I love the accidental effects this can produce and use these in my collage pieces or work into them with watercolour and pencil.