In my mind’s eye this should have turned out better, but it didn’t.
This was the napkin sketch. In a strange way it’s got more feeling, though it could be an orange waterfall, from high peaks framed by a green sky.
And this was the original starting sketch:
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Technique: #lino
Theme: #tree
Highlight colour: #red #green #yellow
Series: #garden
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