Embroidered Collage

Marbled paper sometimes seems to have images in it, so this time I looked for curves that I could turn into a face.  The one bit reminded me of an ear, so I started there.  Because of the way the design went, I figured I would add the nose and such for the profile in pen, then did my cutting and gluing so the face would fit on the 8"x10" watercolor paper.

I wasn't sure how I'd add stitch at first, but when I realized the "ear" didn't look much like one I wanted to emphasize it in some way.  Instead of drawing it out with a line I added jewelry.  To keep the eye moving I put in a headdress jewel as well, then put touches of red at the stitching and at the lips.

I'm still not sure how much I like the piece on its own merits, but I am definitely happy with my progression in the series, since I did something a bit different.