Flower Tutorial Lab

My mother loved roses.  I hated them.  Why?  She loved the beautiful blooms... I, on the other hand, hated the thorns.  As she grew older, to the point of not being able to care for her yard, I became her gardener.  I had to deal with the pruning of her many and beloved roses. 

 I am allergic to anything that goes through your skin, like bug bites and rose thorns.  

And beside... 

Drawing roses is very difficult! 

 But, for the tutorial I chose the rose.  I think if you are going to practice, you might as well work on something that you need to improve on, not just do what you can already do. 

 I sometimes wonder if drawing roses is difficult because I really don't like them? 

And so, my not so beautiful drawing of a rose!