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Artwork: Garden Dryad

Although most dryads favour wild places, some dryads allow themselves some of the trappings of civilisation, adopting human modes of dress and cultivating elaborate gardens in the countryside.

At least, that's the fiction I constructed after drawing this portrait.

A drawing of a green-skinned woman with pointed ears and backward curling horns. She's standing braced against a low brick wall, pushing aside some greenery that would otherwise drape across her face. The woman has pink eyes and bright green hair, cut in a messy bob that hangs down to just above her neck. She's wearing a yellow dress that shines golden in the sunlight with detached orange sleeves. Surrounding her and the brick wall are various plants and bushes with berries and flowers blooming within. The pinkish blush of the sunlight suggests a dawn or dusk scene.
In the summertime she is found always in her garden, among the flowers and the vines.

A little rougher than usual, particularly with regard to shading and highlights, mainly because of all the greenery. Possibly a little too busy? Nevertheless, drawing plantlife is quite relaxing. Adding even basic shading to plantlife, conversely, is hell.

The full-body version of the above drawing, missing the aforementioned shading of the greenery and few other details I did when touching up the cropped drawing (because I'm an idiot who forgets to switch back to the original master when making final edits).

A full-body drawing of a green-skinned woman with pointed ears and backward curling horns. She's standing braced against a low brick wall, pushing aside some greenery that would otherwise drape across her face. The woman has pink eyes and bright green hair, cut in a messy bob that hangs down to just above her neck. She's wearing a yellow dress that shines golden in the sunlight with detached orange sleeves. Surrounding her and the brick wall are various plants and bushes with berries and flowers blooming within. The pinkish blush of the sunlight suggests a dawn or dusk scene.
The garden dryad, revealed head to toe.
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