Using Brusho - Illustration Development

As part of my illustration module I have been looking into different skills and techniques that I could apply to my final design. My live brief is to create a children's book cover for The Wind In The Willows as part of the Penguin Design Competition.

After experimenting briefly with brusho (a dry powder that mixes with water to produce a paint medium) techniques, I decided to create a green texture that could be used as a background for my final book cover - to represent the woodlands of The Wind In The Willows.

This is how it looks and the aftermath!:

I think my next step will be to cut out a variety of leaf shapes and scan them onto the computer to have a play around.I think the authenticity of the brusho texture will look really nice as part of my final design.