Nymphs are in the Greek mythology nature god's from a lower range. Every source, mountain, river or tree has it's own Nymph. This is a Dryaden, a Forest Nymph. Nymph's have a peaceful character. As reclusive creatures, most Forest Nymphs are never seen by mortals. Because of the deep empathy that Nymphs share with life, they have a supernatural awareness of their surroundings.

Faeries, pixies, and sprites are basically the same thing. A Nymph is more like a small beautiful woman. As far as I know, faeries, pixies, and sprites are the same thing, just a different name used for them. Their colorings are brown, black, or auburn hair with gray, green, or blue eyes and a tanned skin tone. I have some doubts if they have wings or not. I painted one without.

About this picture: I used a black-white photo as a reference, and drawed the Nymph myself (which was quite hard to turn into color). The Background is a photomanipulation.