When I went looking for a leaf, I really wanted something different. I found the one above. I appreciated the weathered and aged look it had. I tried drawing it, but found it very difficult to do the wrinkles and micro-tears along the surface any justice. I resorted to a rough hatching technique but looking back, I feel that it clashes with the length and smoothness of my lines on the lower left portion of the drawing. In the end, the sketch took on a look that didn't have the roughness I was hoping for. Initially, I may have captured that but continuous shading has hidden it. Also, there should be much more delicacy about the northern edge of the leaf. Ideally, I would have included so much more fraying along this torn edge. Overall however, I feel that this sketch was important; I experimented with several new techniques, failed with them, and learned.
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