Like some 50 local artists, I am busy decorating a wooden cutout of a codfish. This is a fundraiser for Marblehead Festival of Art. All of the decorated codfish will be shown in Marblehead and then auctioned online. This year, my codfish will be decorated with a surface design of seashells, taking the place of fish scales. You can see the whole design (still in progress) posted here Apr. 24. Yesterday I made the first pass at applying gold lines on the seashells. But I decided that the overall effect was too dark; I wanted the gold lines to be thinner so there would be more white area. So I am repainting the shells, which is slow going. They are pretty small. I think I reworked six rows today. Here are the first four rows I repainted. There are still mistakes to fix, but I already like it much better. To be continued. . . .
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