{Soul of the Forest}

~And the legends say... 
  as Man devours wood and leaf
The forests Soul shall rise and take the lead~


Or something like that.
This is, for quite some time, the drawing I spent the most time on (approximately 8-10 hours) And at the same time, I had so much fun doing this. Diving into it, adding more and more details and texture, refining, over doing, etc etc. 
The whole process was creative and entertaining, from the first to the very last pencil stroke.

Also, atmospheric, black metal about the grace and beauty of nature is always helpful to get the mood...

As always, here are two further versions, one with higher contrast and one without the cloudy sky.