Realism Challenge Update

The other day I had some time and decided to complete another project in my Realism Challenge book (the one I posted about here). 

Here's how it went!

Something I really enjoyed about this project was noticing how the shadows of the leaf were often tinged with color from the leaf, as seen below:

This project has been a really excellent opportunity to slow down and notice details that I've never paid attention to before. Also, I think I'm going to spend a lot of time this fall drawing lovely fall leaves!