A path through the woods

A winding path leads between two large trees into distant woodland. Ferns and mushrooms fill the foreground, giving you plenty of detail before the scene opens into the distance.

How much detail?

Dense foreground fern leaves, small mushrooms and distant trees give this woodland scene fine detail. About the labels.

Try this palette: Woodland walk

Use lighter greens in the distant canopy and deeper greens beside the path.

A small coloring tip

Keep a sharp pencil for the foreground fern leaflets; use softer pressure on distant trees to separate near and far.

Decide where the path goes, then add a tiny clue near its farthest bend.