This is my favorite of the self-portrait series I did. The hair is made up mostly of back stitch with touches of stem and split stitches to create the texture. It is probably 8-10 shades of brown. I did the water all in split stitch. I have a hard time clocking the hours I spend working, but it took me about a month to do the water.
It is the first piece I have used watercolor crayons to do a wash on. I am slightly disappointed only in the fact that I think the blue wash isn’t visible under the blue stitching.
Children Playing With Fire 
I love it. I think it’s wonderful.
Your work is amazing!
Incredible. Love the texture of the water. And your attention and integration of floss color stuns me every time. Hope you sold some pieces!
This is so beautiful.