This piece is based on the happy painting lesson by Juliette Crane. I did the background a month or so ago and really liked it. I added the owl today. Overall, the piece works alright, but it isn't my favorite. The background and image have distinctly different textures and I didn't do any blending to transition between them. I did like being free with the brush and black paint to outline the image. That worked very nicely! This piece was created through a class offered by Tamara Laporte from Willing Arts Ltd. For more information, visit this link: www.willowing.org .