This is my first submission piece for Jazza's March 2016 Challenge of the Month, so I'm excited to see what response I get. I used a recurring character of mine - nature or spring-personified - in a fall kind of setting, looking on sadly as the leaf in her hand fades in color. All she touches becomes green, but the world around her is in full autumn. Thank you for viewing my piece!

I used watercolor, Prismacolor markers, and ink (both black and white). The only digital adjustments I made were to the brightness and contrast levels, making the contrast 100% and the brightness 10% in Adobe Photoshop.

Link to my mid-development pictures are here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BCkLgJUth0J/?taken-by=a_cryaotic_fan
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCl8HtnNh0K/?taken-by=a_cryaotic_fan

Link to the full size final image: http://thegirlwholovesmusic.deviantart.com/art/Spring-in-the-Fall-598255243

Link to the speedpaint video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4dyasKJvSA