"Fertile Worlds".....the guiding sketch...

Because this is based on sketches done, have decided not to make this so detailed, as those parts can as well be gained from those others...  consequently, this is as far in detail as am going for, and will now proceed to translate this 18"x36" into the 4'x8' canvas rendering...

As for some of these  parts, like the sapling and the ikebana on the  knob, these will wait until all the rest is in, then will decide whether to include them or not...  have in any case decided not to include the surf, as seemed rather out of place in this [ as, to some extent, the ikebana]...  there will be more birds, as this is just indications, and of course the leaves will be flushed all across the top, a canopy to the rest...  hints of foreground grasses probably will also be added, to better ground the tree...