I used a different brand of paint. Where I am, the Sennelier paints in the materials list would cost close to $90 for 4 tubes. But I actually like my leaf with the regular turquoise, blues, and greens. I didn't have a good, pigmented gold so I used my Uniball gold gel pen and then splattered my not so pigmented gold paint on top (after I took a picture for this course project). :)  Thank you so much for this amazing project, the lessons, and the course handbook! I will be using it over and over again and I am looking forward to your next lesson! :)