Background element testing...

I decided to go all out and fill an A3 page with foliage. I think this sort of stuff might look good on the inside pages of finished books and at the same time it was good practice at drawing quickly. I need to apply more thought into putting my characters into context and this is basically my starting point. As you can see below, once I coloured it (which took ages by the way) I was able to change the hue however I wanted, which is a really useful facility that I make use of frequently.

Oh and this is just a really quick sketch I coloured in. It's horrible.