Embroidered Collage

I embellished the area around the reddish splotch with  a series of straight stitches.  Using the stacked triangles was inspired by looking at pictures of various types of turtle shells online.  I included a couple of colors used elsewhere in the piece, including the hexagons that still need to be added. 

I used my watercolor crayons to draw in a head and fins, then the liquid acrylic to wet the lines down and seal them.  The head and upper right limb will end up wrapped around the canvas and not be visible, but I wanted to put them in anyway.

The entire effect is actually rather subtle on the full work.  It doesn't jump out at you from across the room.  But I like the additional level of complexity in this focal area.