I'm  preparing for South Africa and re-vamping the Monet's Garden class…

Considering that I have just been there I felt I should make another sample.

So I took a hard photo to re-create.

I dyed the fabric to similar to the background of this photo. It's not exactly the same but it gives me a base.

Trace the pattern

create the leaves.

Begin the texture the leaves

I draw the veins on with a lead pencil.

I chose not to trace them because I wanted them to be more 'sketcherly.'

I'm using a combination of different mediums to color the leaves.