Digital Art - Orchids - 20 Minute Challenge

Hi all!

My fiance and I made a challenge one evening to draw flowers for 20 minutes, which is out of comfort zone for both of us.
It made me think in a way of reusing layers, duplicating them and fouces on effects.

So here it is:

And this is the process:

Background is done with watercolor brush presets in multiple colors, gradient overlay added:

Base linework with drop shadow effect:

Duplicating previous layer a couple of times, and adjusting opacity for each one:

Coloring the flowers, adjusting brightness and contrast, gradient once again, and voila!

Thank you for your time!
:)