Previously, I was finishing the ice of the waterfall, which, aside from the night sky, is the most intricate part of the work. Do you see how the waterfall isn't simply a single sheet of water as it would be in its unfrozen state, but made up of individual icicles of different lengths, all fused together? Recalling such completed shapes and textures from memory took all my attention, so that I could make them convincing. Not only that, but painting them bathed in moonlight rather than sunlight added an extra layer of challenge.

Now, however, I have completed that part of the work, and I am painting in the trees and snow. I've already outlined the basic shapes of each tree, and because it is nighttime, it's simply a matter of painting in their silhouettes without any great detail.

Does that make sense? [He tends to ramble, but he hopes he didn't make his explanation too complicated.]