Starting a new Painting

These are the five different photographs that will go into my new painting.  I may only use a leaf from one photo. I may also flop an image to make the leaves go in a certain direction in order to make your eyes move around the painting. These are old photographs taken in Hawaii many years ago. The next time I go there I will be photographing with a digital camera.

Here is my finished preliminary drawing. Next, I'll do a value plan for the painting.

This painting will be 22' wide x 30" tall.  It will be painted on Arches 300 lb Cold Press watercolor paper; it's my favorite paper.