Turnip

Turnip by Linda Warner Constantino © 2010

I am busy painting for a Distance Learning Class in Botanical Painting through the Society of Botanical Arts in England. It is the most challenging thing I have ever done. I work somewhat loose and though I can draw realistically I have never applied myself to painting that way.There are a lot of rules to follow and the room for creativity is narrow but I like doing it. It helps that I have been doing watercolors for a long time but mastery is a ways off. In fact, I read somewhere that it takes 10,000 hours to master something so not sure I will get it in this lifetime :)
The turnip above is from my sketchbook and shows how I like to work–loose but still realistic.