The Tree of Growth

Black pen, markers in 3 shades of green on A4 watercolour paper.

I used ornaments, which can be seen in my previous work, because I really like drawing them.
As in background ausrejurke.deviantart.com/art/…
As in foliage ausrejurke.deviantart.com/art/…

While drawing I wasn't sure what to do with trunk and branches. I was thinking to make some other ornament, maybe to used brown colour. But after finishing the background and foliage, I felt like it needs some balance and leaving it white gives what I want. Otherwise it could turn too dark.

This is my entry to contest "Traditional Trees" trees-with-character.deviantar…

When I started my new semester at university, I had plenty of time and wanted to draw something.
That's how I found the contest.
So I remembered my old sketch of a tree (which I was about to throw away) and decided to remake it.
And of course at that time I wasn't drawing a lot
Until it came the last month of the contest and a last month of semester before exams.
I was pretty busy with my lab reports, but I still managed to finish the drawing in between preparation for my first exam.
I hope that I am not late due to different times zones since it is the last day to enter the contest!