Manor House

Chose this motif to represent the stage of the client location from castle to manor house. The dragon motif is heraldic and I thought it symbolic. I feel that this section (and tomorrow's) needs to be developed further - will probably do this in stitch as a combination of the techniques I have been trying at the weekend and as part of my sampling. This section is a background of walnut ink and old silk paint sprayed and wiped. Over the top I used a stencil to provide a mask as I smeared over a mixture of raw umber and gold acrylic paint which was mixed with medium weight gloss texture gel. I decided to spread it on nice and thickly with an old credit card to provide some texture and to hint at the carving from which the motif was inspired by.