Lace Motif Piece #4

Here is the other "curly" piece that I didn't get tamed in time. Oh well. This piece is turning out fairly well, although the gold wash canceled out more of the purple background than I planned. Maybe the wash wasn't weak enough. And I'm sorry I don't have an earlier picture of when the whole thing was dark purple. That was actually pretty interesting. Maybe that's the key to 1, 2, and 3--maybe they're too light.

Edited 1/18/08: I added some dark highlights to this piece, and I'm pretty happy with it. Again, like piece #5, I think a limited palette works better here.