Creating a Lime Tree Leaf

To get the shape graphically, of the Lime Tree Leaf - I pulled an image from the internet and selected the inside of the leaf. This left me with a shape of the outer leaf so I could create it somewhat accurately and so I could edit it to my own  decision. I used the pen tool to add colour to the shape created on a new layer, so I could delete the back layer - the one from the internet.

After doing the above, I deleted the background from the internet and was left with a free standing layer with full opacity of a shape of the leaf I just created. This is a pleasant shape. I got the colour from the actual leaf by using the colour detect tool on the side bar, picked the colour up so it was even more accurate to it's original form.

This is the leaf after I add a simple line work focus too it. I thought that, by editing that onto it, I could decide whether or not I liked the way it would sit with it on. I like the line work but I'm going to try out illustrating by hand first and editing them all together, because I'm not sure if that would look better.