#22 Seashell #2

Did another "large" painting, as I had to match the first seashell's canvas size (8 inch square).  This shell became much more complicated, what with so many stripes and no color to speak of.  I ended up using 3-D blobs of paint and the paint eraser to get it to look right.  I painted the "shadow" a few times before I was happy with the color.  Plus, I was going to skip a horizon line, but I felt it was necessary to make the shadow look like a shadow.  The first shell was photographed from the top and this one was photographed from the side.  Last but not least, I forgot to sign the darn thing....will do that right now before I go to bed....blah, I already cleaned my paint brush....I'll sign it tomorrow.