I am responding to the first piece sent by Judy J-W. My favorite materials source, Thrift Town had a perfectly shaped pocketbook that I converted into covers for my accordion book. I tried to include all the elements in the Frida painting, from her mustache to butterflies, dragonfly, snake-like neck, hummingbird, monkey, black cat and the necklace of thorns. For the book I painted with Golden fluid acrylics, which gave a lovely transparency and used permanent black ink to draw in the faces. A very enjoyable project!
