My brother asked me for the painting in question over a year ago, I nearly finished it in June but my dear sister dropped a photo frame on it and created a beauty of a hole! Somehow I didn’t fly into a rage but calmly bought a new canvas and started again. Which is why it’s taking so long to complete…I’ve already done it once! It’s the first time I have worked in oil paints and they drive me crazy, being extremely clumsy I am forever smudging parts that aren’t quite dry and having to redo a lighter coloured section as I put a dirty mark on it. Quite frustrating! But my brother is getting it as a Christmas present so I have to knuckle down and work hard….