Briar Rose

I've been working on a painting for my girlfriend Lindsay's (belated) wedding gift. Unfortunately, I hated how the first one turned out, so I started again. I think the paper just wasn't big enough for doing a full background and small figures, or my brushes weren't tiny enough, so the end result was rather muddled and overly-cartoony. Anyway! Here's the sketch for the next try:

( Rough Sketch )