I'd been thinking for a while about painting a series of pieces about the tribe of my 'Elven Scout', they are the Xava, live in the tropical forests covering a great part of their world, decorate themselves with natural paints and jewels made of stones and seeds,wear little more than loincloths of tanned leather and hunt with weapons of hard wood and flint.
Every now and then they discover mysterious ruins in the jungle, the places of those who went before, there, at times, beautiful pieces of metal and other things can be harvested.

Here is Elven Scout's little sister with a couple of friends...