Monstera Deliciosa: from Paper to Surface Pattern

Hi Everyone! Alexandra here
So grateful for those who have already stopped by to start their Tropical Leaf Quest!
I´m sharing with you this monstera leaf composition and how it evolved into a pattern for both wallpaper and textile.
I put to good use the techniwues we cover in the class, such as attention to structure details, color transitions and shading to emphasize layers and proximity.
I used a monochrome palette of only greens.
This is how it slowly progressed...
to filling up the page...
From there I scanned it at 300dpi and took it to Photoshop to delete the background and play some more with the composition.
My intention was to keep it as a column design much like the real monstera which is a creeping plant that grabs on the tree trunks or a trellis and grows upward.
And so, I turned it into a pattern adding some vintage black and white flower illustrations.
Hope you like it and feel inspired to try a full page compositions with all the variations of a monstera you can come up with.
Excited to start seeing your work!!!