Watercolor Detective in a Pine Forest

A watercolor illustration of a detective in a pine forest. The detective wears a vintage trench coat and a wide-brimmed hat, face partly shadowed, kneeling by a mossy log and examining faint footprints with a magnifying glass. Towering pine trees surround the scene, pine needles carpet the forest floor, scattered cones and ferns, while a soft mist drifts between trunks. Sunlight filters through the canopy in golden beams, casting cool greens and warm ochres that bleed into each other in typical watercolor fashion. Painted with loose, fluid brushwork using wet-on-wet technique on rough paper, edges blurred and colors softly merging to evoke quiet mystery and contemplation as clues begin to emerge in nature.