For those of you who read my journal, know that I wanted to upload a new deviation once I hit the 1000 page view mark! Well, this is it. The piece that I spent… one month on, put up with, had a lot of patience with, and used creative thoughts on the spot. For this, I used a lot of tools, colour and especially texture on Photoshop.

My secret techniques to do this piece:

> Use a few leaves (stock) to design an entire tree head.
> Expand on colour when you want to make something look real (eg. trunk)
> Make sure that your light and dark tones blend, and do not contrast.

I had to keep those three things in mind, in order to complete this artwork.

My Frustrations:

> Combining colours to design the tree on the left.
> Creating the lake… sky and trees reflecting.
> Creating a layer of moss on the right.

It definitely was a challenge, but it was worth the work.
Well I hope a lot of you like this one!
Thanks soo much for viewing!