A Different Way of Working

I have started a new piece – a close-up of a Puffin from a client’s own photo. I am using a recycled base (which I’ve scraped off and painted) and materials provided by the client. This is quite a random selection of items!

I started by sorting all the collected materials into colours and am trying to use as many of these personal items as possible before adding any extra materials of my own. There are a few items I’ll probably exclude as I’ll need to restrict the colour scheme. However, I think most items can be accomodated in the background of grass and flowers, even if they can’t be used for the Puffin itself. We shall see – an interesting exercise and I’m enjoying the challenge.