the wood. 

pastel on paper 28X36 cm

i love trees, they in their nature and form, their function and structure, are so unique when you watch their growth and decay, and how the forst works as entity and all tree as its own. 

pastel is not new media for me but i havnt touched it for too long. but for now it makes me really happy due to the colors and the use of the crayons. 

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