Peonies, Rocks and Water

This one's on a very cool friend and non-stop artist himself.  One of those pieces that is as much about doing it as having it (if that makes any sense).  Our ideas and views on most things art related are very similar, so it's been a cool experience to be doing this work.

Also, doing nature based compositions in a Japanese inspired style is something that I truly love and could do forever.
More shading this time all through the ditch and around the back of the forearm.

One of the rocks at the bottom was an unplanned last minute cover up, but it worked out pretty well...