Eight months ago, I started laying down my first layers on this piece. She had rather oversized Hamsa hand earrings on. I wanted to play with this concept in a few of my pieces because I have a pair and they are my favorite earrings. However in the original draw up they overwhelmed her completely and I spent sometime working them back that combined with really struggling with my linen board canvas. I bought two last year and my first piece was also a struggle. After my course, I started gaining ground on the linen board with my neocolors and eventually started to find my way. She changed so much during the course of layers but I am really loving where we settled together and the layers eventually helped me manage the difficult substrate.

I also loved working a little bigger, a delightful change from the pieces I’ve been doing this year.

#sograteful