This was the most uncomfortable experience of the year…and I was pregnant for most of it, so, that’s saying something!!!

I neatened the edges up with some old kitchen scissors and sealed it with some old white gesso, that I had lying around.

The plan is a bit simplified, as I just needed a composition reference; so, there’s no.way that I’ll spend hours rendering all the botanical detail,  just for the mock-up!

With the final piece, I will colour block in acrylics, give it a quick sand down and then add depth,  and detail with coloured pencils (with a few accents in solvent-based gold paint). Well…that’s the plan, but, who sticks to those?