Try to fill up your paper with the design of the leaves, and if you include a flower, make sure that it is mostly off the edge of the paper. Your emphasis should be on the leaves -- to make the shapes of the leaves themselves interesting, as well as the negative shapes in the background. Try to vary your greens, and include both warm and cool greens in your painting.
For your reference, use one of the "green" photos you took. . .
If you like, start out with a wet-in-wet underpainting -- maybe light yellow and blue, or light gold and blue. When that is dry, do your drawing in pencil.
You could paint a light yellow or gold wash on all the green leaves and stems. . .
Mingle different shades of green in each of the shapes, and finish with a few well-placed darks. No need to paint the background, if you like the way it looks . . .
(your painting goes here.)
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