I'll quickly critique your leaves page so that you can take these into account when doing the plant revisions. As a side note, it's great that you didn't redo the leaves. Mistakes are fine, it's the approach that matters here. You will practice these techniques later on, and it will get more accurate as you do so. Also, if there were bad habits, grinding and practicing with those habits would just make it harder to get rid of them later.

So you are definitely approaching complex construction a lot better now. Where before, the simple curves were treated as just suggestions or direction, now you are trying to treat them as hard construction rules like they were intended to. While you don't always succeed, that is perfectly fine. Those things will get better with practice, the goal of this lesson and critique is to show you the correct way so you practice good habits instead of bad ones. Excellent work on that.

In terms of edge detail, it seems like you're still redrawing the entire previous edge when applying detail. Zig-zagging refers not to sharp corners, but rather trying to do multiple details in one stroke. For example, trying to draw 3 bumps, or multiple cuts at once. It's especially bad when you try to capture something additive and subtractive in the same stroke, you start having to think about the simple edge of the leaf when doing so, a problem that's already solved in the previous step of the construction. This is ultimately why we adhere so strictly to the previous steps of construction. Each step solves a problem, and only by following what we lay out before can we avoid having to solve that problem again. This is why you only draw what's changed from the previous step, not the entire previous step. (Line weight is a different concept, with a different purpose, that involves redrawing some of the lines)

I want you to try these steps when applying edge detail:

• First, start on the simple edge of the leaf. Draw a short distance with the simple edge

• Then, draw away from the simple edge. Capture the specific, single edge detail (one bump, one spike, one cut, etc.). Keep this simple. Nothing wavy, just a simple curve or spike.

• When your mark touches the simple edge again, immediately draw along the simple edge. Do not cross the simple edge, do not leave the simple edge. Draw along the simple edge for a short distance, then lift your pen.

• Repeat this for every single piece of edge detail you want to capture.

If the edge detail is particularly complex, like a complex cut in the leaf, you can build edge detail in steps as well. Like first make a simple curve to capture the general shape, then build on top repeating the above steps until the complex edge detail is covered. Following the steps should allow you to stick to building on top of previous steps of construction instead of replacing them.

Of course, some leaves have dense edge detail and therefore it's not easy to get the space to draw along the simple edge. In this case, I would recommend one of two things:

• Get a simpler reference. Ultimately, your goal in choosing references is not necessarily picking things that look complex, but rather things that allow you to practice the correct technique. If a complex edge encourages you to zigzag, this is much less useful than a simple edge with only a few details that will encourage you to apply the correct technique. Of course, you should always challenge yourself, but don't go so complex that you're feeling that you can't apply the techniques taught.

• Use the steps above on every second piece of edge detail. After you finish the entire leaf, go back and fill in the gaps again applying the steps for each one. That's how I would approach a leaf with extremely dense edge detail (though I do recommend just picking an easier reference).

So you're definitely on the right path. Try to keep these things in mind while doing the plant constructions. I'm going to request revisions here since there are still things left to do, but it is just finishing the plant constructions.