Fallen Birch

EDM Challenge #15  Draw a tree or trees, leaves, or branches.  Here is a part of a fallen birch tree in my husband's parents' backyard.  I really liked the look of the birch bark with the broken wood.

I'm really fairly happy with this.  I've drawn a lot of trees that have knobby, gnarly, bumpy bark, but I've never drawn a birch, even though I really love them.  I found it very satisfying to draw!  The background kind of annoys me, but it was stranger before I added it.  I also think I went overboard with the black in the broken wood part of it.  It kept not seeming dark enough, and then suddenly it had too many outlines.  I'll see if I can fix it someday.