Sakura Tree

This painting was a study I had done of a background from one of Studio Ghibli's movies. It is my dream to make animation backgrounds. This is one of my favorite paintings that I have done because I love the detail on the branch and I love the pastel color palette. I love painting landscapes a bit more than characters because I feel like there is more storytelling that goes on there. Below is the original and the greyscale of this paint study I did in Photoshop.