Blade of Grass 71 - Painterly Pastels

Well.  According to Blip, this is entry 2500.  Doesn't seem possible that I've kept it up this long.  And come such a long way too, from nice snapshots to nicer snapshots.
The standard three layers again - two layers scenery and one layer nearby grasses.  The clouds make the golden 'smoke'.  I really like the 'cilia' made by the grasses on the outline of the slope - a fringy effect that softens the outline.
And just because, an extra.  Blade of Grass 72 - Gold and Blue