For this class, I was inspired by the cherry tree outside of my father-in-law's house in Norway. I spent at least 30 minutes every day for about a week picking cherries when they were at their freshest and ripest, and I can't wait to do it again this summer.

Here is the palette that I started with from the inspiration photo:

And here's the illustration I made! And I'll be posting more of my illustration journey over at https://gabriellaetc.substack.com/!