nine-leaf exercise

I feel like this is one of (if not the) worst drawings on my blog. I was hurried, and it shows. :(
The assignment was to use the different techniques we've learned in class to draw a leaf, in nine squares.
Top l-r: crosshatching, random scribbling, blind contour; middle, l-r: gesture, contour, smudging; bottom, l-r: negative space, hatching, stippling.
The stippling one is the ONLY ONE I like. It's an English Laurel leaf by the way, a beautiful specimen that my husband I and chose when we first bought our home. I love these shrubs.
I feel horribly that I didn't spend more time on it, but Merry Christmas anyway!

(yes I realize the scan cut off the top... I'll try again later to get the whole thing.)