I've started working on the class projects. Slowly practicing and experimenting my way through all the exercises. Joly makes everything look so easy and spontaneous! Well, I hope with practice I'll get there, too! :)

First page: pine, cedar and mistletoe. The pine gave me a lot of green, but I'm fairly OK with the last one. My mistletoe leaves kind of look like bunny aliens with the berries painted in, tho. ;D

The second page is holly and the fillers. I experimented with different colours and also different ways of painting the holly leaves and the berry filler.

I love love love these elements and I can't wait to continue with the next ones and then paint a wreath! :)

Update: I finished the rest of the elements. I was pretty unhappy with the twigs, but trying another brush helped.

The poinsettias ... looked really nice, when I actually followed Joly's process instead of trying to go freestyle from the picture. ;)

Now's the time for actual wreaths and stuff. Which makes me nervous. *eeep*

I'll update the project as I go along.