This is my entry in this year's art show at the Sydney Royal Easter Show which has been entered in the watercolour category. I have used a rather heavy application of wet on wet technique where I have, especially in the moss and lichen areas, painted with heavy dark pigment and added lighter drops of pigment so the colour just seems to float and remains until dry. I've let the drying time control just how the colour spreads.
The fern, plant leaves and leaf matter have been painted with a lighter watercolour technique giving the elements some luminosity.
I have added a little graphic design into the painting with panels of 'tree trunks with lichen' to bring some interesting areas for your eyes to wander around.
I love the rainforest where I live and just find an amazing world on the rainforest floor that sometimes is missed on various bushwalks. It's nice to stop and look down from time to time and discover a beautiful world at your feet.
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