"Within a serene valley, atop an emerald hill,
A dōjō rests in glory, training youths in martial skill.
Behold the humble teacher, whose worthy crown 's white with age.
Fear the deft-handed students; fervent spirits, bound up rage!"

This is sort of a step-by-step and three final maps at once.

I started with graphite...
House of the Emerald Valley.png

then colored it with Prismacolor Water color pencils...
House of the Emerald Valley Color.png

and next I blended it with water.
House of the Emerald Water Color.png

What do you think? Would you train in the ancient Oriental Martial Arts in this pleasant valley? Could you hone your skills to over come the obstacles that stand between the Training Yard and the Dragon Summit?