"Tea in the Hedge" session 2

At this point, I've blocked in the far background, working to establish the fundamental colors and values.  When I was done, I noticed that the right side is quite a bit darker than the left side.  I didn't intent that, but I like it because the left part of the background seems pushed back father than the right side.

I've painted around the branches and fern fronds because I didn't want to lose my lines.

So far so good with painting on the drawing paper mounted onto the board.