Clematis, WIP

I feel a bit silly posting this but am going to do it anyways, as incentive to continue working on it until it is done and not give up. Now don't laugh, but here is what I have done in 2 hours (awww go ahead you can laugh if you want to!)
As usual, I am challenging myself to do something WAY out of my comfort zone. I drew this freehand , which is a very new interest for me. And I am using colored pencils, another very new interest, and I only have 12 colors so it has been a bit of a challenge to get the colors I want out of them, especially with not very much previous experience (well, ok NO experience, unless you count the apple ) I can't believe it takes 5 colors to get that leaf color!
But despite it all, I am having FUN and enjoying the process .
I am not too happy with the shadows of the leaves, maybe it is just me? Will work on them some more after I finish the leaves. Suggestions would be helpful!
So here it is...

I bet you can't get over this beautiful picture huh???