Spend enough time on Tumblr and you're bound to find a mountain of treasure ("El Dorado" be darned!). One such treasure is Robert Alejandro (aka The Sketching Backpacker) whose book is filled to the brim with locales from his constant travels. Even more interesting though, are his Leave Sketches, in which he takes ordinary, unnoticed-leaves and makes them the spotlight of the drawn page.

laura redburn (@cardboardcities) / 08/31/2012 @ 3:11pm /
seriously love this!
Simon Duff (@paintingservice110) / 09/01/2012 @ 1:13pm /
Very creative work! no one can even imagine of this idea to paint from leaves.So inspiring.Thanks for the lovely post. painting contractor
Guy (@gribouille) / 09/03/2012 @ 3:16pm /
Very cool! I love the stylish tone of these little drawings.
Zoë Strout (@Zoestrout) / 09/04/2012 @ 4:42am /
I love a good bit of whimsy! Thanks for sharing!