Flowers

I started this piece with the vase.  I used the pen tool to create the left side.  When I wanted a curved line, I would hold down my mouse and drag until I saw the curve I wanted.  Then on the anchor point I would press option and click the anchor point to allow for me to continue with my line.  This made the left half.  I then went to object, transform, reflect and set it to vertical and 90 degrees.  I then placed both sides side by side, selected both by using the shift key, then I used my pathfinder tool called unite to make it into one shape.  I then lowered the opacity to make it a little big see-through.  Then, to make the flower petals, I created random shapes with my pen tool, making it look abstract.  I made three of these shapes, then changed the colors and opacities once I positioned them on top of one another.  I then grouped the whole flower cluster and copied and pasted it until there were three.  With one of the clusters, I reflected it so they wouldn’t all look like the exact same flower.  To make the stems I used the pen tool and created long stems that would make the flowers sit in the vase properly.  I added leaves to the stems as well using the pen tool, and I changed all of these shapes to a fun green color!  I then brought the vase shape to the front of the illustration, making the shapes fall behind it like they are inside of the vase.