Some time ago I spent a while drawing architectural features and loved some of the rococo shapes I found there. I went back through my sketchbook afterwards and painted over with some koh i noor paints, just choosing the colours I like.

Then I tried to reproduce the left hand page using sheers and water soluble paper. I burnt back the sheers with a hot air gun and dissolved some but not all of the water soluble paper using the same koh i noor paints. I have to admit it didn't really work and it sat on my desk for ages until I unearthed it again last weekend during my big clear up.

This time I put it on black felt and did some machine couching and hand stitching around and I'm quite pleased with the finished effect.

Here's a close up