Drawing - how I drew the flower that has become my logo flower for Shift Ctrl Art

I started taking art classes with my son and we are having so much fun.

Last weekend I tried my hand at drawing from a photograph. This was the first drawing I attempted on my own outside of class.

I took this picture of some flowers I had in my kitchen window.

As you can see on the image I traced out the petals and details, but it was still a bit difficult to see, so I traced this onto paper by taping it to a window. The image is printed at about 4x6 inches.

Here is the trace:


This made it easier to draw it bigger onto my pastel paper. I made it 9x12. Here is the finished drawing:

I liked this drawing so much it eventually became the inspiration for my blog logo.