Yellow Seahorse- done!

Whew! I am actually proud of this piece. But it took a while. I had ruined about 4 pieces of pricey paper to get to a point where I can use the background and actually draw on top of it. I used the Golden Acrylic Grounds for Pastel and acrylic paint. Once I finished the drawing of this seahorse, I then proceeded to use blue sewing machine thread and embroider these organic circular like shapes around the seahorse. I was lucky to use the heavy 140 pound cold press Arches Watercolor paper for this piece because I had to handle this paper alot, and it was thick enough to where I couldn't crease or put fold marks into this while I was threading. I will do a similar style like this for my next piece, that I hope to show in the "Small Wonders" Show at our local Santa Cruz Art League.