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Butterfly bag

This is my latest work in progress. Not quite what I envisaged but there is plenty of time yet to fiddle about with the design so that I get a decent finished product.

I bought the bag from Aldi yesterday, a bargain at £4.99 and perfect for experimenting with stamping onto canvas. I had to prime the surface with gesso first and painting the butterflies has been much more difficult than I anticipated. There have been several moments when it almost ended up in the bin….BUT as I keep telling myself, “there are no mistakes in art” and “if you never make mistakes, you never make anything” so I will keep going and see what I end up with.

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