PROGRESS -
I was able to add depth with the gradient tool as well as create finer out lines with the paint brush tool and fill it with the pen tool.
ISSUES -
I still had issues with trying to create texture in my drawing. The 3rd flower is very plain because of this. The way I traced this was very intricate and took me a lot more time than I would have liked.
GOALS -
I want to find short cuts I can maybe use in Illustrator to have the same results in a shorter amount of time as well as learn techniques to add texture into the image tracing.
Open the Image and click on it with the "Selection Tool" At the top of the screen, click on the "Image Trace"button You will find the panel button just to the left or go to "Window > Image Trace Panel" Open up the advanced options so you can tweak your tracing for the desired effect Click "Expand" at the top of the screen to separate the objects Use the Direct Selection Tool to select and delete unnecessary traced elements