Wow Ishbel! Amazing! The colors and textures are so well done! The one area I would point out is the leaf in the center. Maybe you were intentionally keeping it plain because the flowers are the “stars”, but I think it is too plain. My eye keeps going to it. I had to enlarge the image to see that you can see a little bit of the stem between the leaf and the open flower. That small section of stem would be in shadow and should be much darker. I would also add some veining details and shading on that center leaf as you did on the other leaves (especially like the lower right leaf). It does not have to be much. Just enough to add some dimension and interest to the leaf. Bravo!
Wow Ishbel! Amazing! The colors and textures are so well done! The one area I would point out is the leaf in the center. Maybe you were intentionally keeping it plain because the flowers are the “stars”, but I think it is too plain. My eye keeps going to it. I had to enlarge the image to see that you can see a little bit of the stem between the leaf and the open flower. That small section of stem would be in shadow and should be much darker. I would also add some veining details and shading on that center leaf as you did on the other leaves (especially like the lower right leaf). It does not have to be much. Just enough to add some dimension and interest to the leaf. Bravo!
Thanks Doug. I was quite unhappy with that leaf and realized too late that it is the focal point!