I had a very relaxing time painting these leaves. This is my preferred type of exercise for brush control. It's nice to practice using a minimal color pallette and varied shapes on a theme. You end up with a finished painting as oppossed to a bunch of lines on a page. I used Kilimanjaro watercolor paper 100% rag cotton in a 10" x  5.5" spiral bound sketchbook.  Thank you for the tutorial.