Winter and Nature - Illustration Friday

This picture was made using watered down acrylics on croquis paper. This is my creative response to the topic of 'winter' issued by Illustration Friday.

Pregnant Nature is looking at Old Man Winter, waiting for him to get tired and sit down so that she can give birth to Spring.

While Old Man Winter holds a staff of cold, Nature is holding a staff in the form of a tree which has a number of buds ready to blossom and two swallows on its branches.