Where the River Begins

Square editorial spot illustration in expressive hand-drawn marker. Look through one oversized, squat natural stone arch toward a small spring emerging from a dark notch at the foot of a muted sage hillside. Place the spring just right of centre; its bright blue water becomes an exaggeratedly long, gently winding ribbon reaching the lower-left edge. The arch has a thick asymmetric silhouette, cropped along the top and left, with broad peach and lavender patches suggesting dappled coloured light. Keep the spring and continuous water ribbon clearly legible at thumbnail size. Warm ivory paper remains visible through generous open areas. Chunky irregular outlines, flat marker fills, slight stroke overlap, just a few grass marks. Quiet, playful, deliberately simple; no intricate rock texture, hatching, diagrams or people. No text, logos or watermarks.