Botanical illustration class

I've got pretty behind in uploading my botanical illustration on my blog. Here is my latest effort. Onion and garlic - watercolour and coloured pencil.

I started with the watercolour but wasn't really liking the result so continued with coloured pencil over the top. The garlic on the left is unfinished and shows the watercolour base.

First attempt at watercolours

Here are a couple of capsicum halves that I painted for my botanical illustration class. This is my first real attempt at using watercolours and I'm fairly pleased with the result. I've always been nervous of painting with watercolours but after doing some research on various different techniques, my confidence is growing.