Lotus

The reference photo for this painting was on a magazine cover with the name of the magazine on the upper portion making it difficult for me to clearly see the details of the upper leaves and the water. Lesson learnt : Choose a clear reference.

Leopards

Reference photo from a Newspaper
Have been working on this the whole of this week. Am not sure how many hours it took. I used .5 mm mechanical pencils HB, 2B, 2H and a 4B wood pencil.