Quercus alba update

In case you thought I'd abandoned my project, here is evidence that I am still working bit by bit on my oak leaves.  I've about finished the "form stage", getting all the basic shapes and colors down for the whole composition.  Do you notice that the leaf I'm working on, which is the leaf in the foreground, is a lighter green than the leaves behind it?  This is a little trick that will help the viewer establish the three dimentionality of this branch.  Mimicking the way our eyes see things, I'll make sure the things in the foreground will have a yellow cast, the mid-range objects will have a red cast, and the things in the background will have a blue cast.  In the finished piece, it won't be nearly this obvious, because many more layers of color and more detail will be added, so I though I'd point this out to you now while you can clearly see it.

By the way, the teeny blob of red paint on this leaf is not a mistake. . . it will be a ladybug!  More on that later.  Enjoy!