Inky Leaves has been busy

'181120141339' - finished. 
Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus)
I  always like to finish the paintings many weeks after the major painting stint of getting most of it down.
When I finish I don't look at photographs or the specimen.
I instead just look at the painting as a whole and work out what needs correcting by eye.

I am just going to leave you with the pictures and captions today... They say that every picture tells a story and I am going to expand on this - a collection of pictures tells the story that has been this past fortnight! Alas it is Saturday, the day I choose to take off and it is sunny outside, so I will be venturing out for a walk now that I have completed the house work. Hopefully I will find some more leaves!

'181120141339' - close up 
Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus)

'181120141339' - close up
Artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus)

'300720150946' - still being worked on. Another few layers went on this week...
Indian Bean Tree Leaf (Catalpa bignonioides)

'150620151536' - still being worked on. Another few layers went on this week...
This one is very difficult to do as I don't have the specimen in front of me, my sketches aren't to scratch and neither are the photographs. This is slowly becoming a large imaginary leaf!
Giant Rhubarb Leaf (Gunnera manicata)

'041120151206' - Had a bit more done on her this fortnight too. This one is really dark and so it's taking a lot of time as I don't want to cake it in one layer of thick watercolour but rather apply the layers slowly to create some depth.
This leaf is in my pressed collection.
Grape Vine Leaf (Vitis vinifera)

I was also working on '041120151203' last week.
This one is a killer because I am not a huge fan of the paper texture.
This is from one of my pressed leaves that I collected a couple of months ago
Poplar tree (Populus nigra)

'041120151203'
Poplar tree (Populus nigra)