Zen Garden

I trust the leaves are a bit better on this one. But they were hard.

It's 7-1/2" x 11", on illustration board which is beveled along the edges, so the ground colors go down the bevel, right to the edges. It's prepared with clear Colourfix primer. Underpainting done with pastel sticks, washed with alcohol. And sealed again with clear primer.

I used all pans, about four layers. I used regular pastel sticks for the stems.

The source pic is below. I took it myself, so this one isn't "after" anyone else's work.

I might be done with pear plan, finally.