Inside a tulip bud

When my boys were little (about 2 & 4 years old) I once found them in the garden trying to open up tulip flower buds. When I asked them what they were doing they replied that they were trying to find Thumbelina. I began this painting 11 years ago to remember such a lovely moment but never completed it until tonight.

Watercolours, graphite & gouache on watercolour paper.