Ya gotta have heart

So what I've been calling "the mystery project" is now officially 'the heart', a paper maché sculpture of the human heart. I'm pretty happy with how it's turning out. I've started painting it and it's taking a lot longer than I had anticipated, mostly because of the 'veins'. They were created by glueing pieces of string to the shell. So getting underneath and around them is intricate work. It's so detailed in some places that I have to apply the paint with a toothpick! V-e-r-r-r-r-y slow going. It also still needs many coats of the red paint on the main body...and there is lots of shading and blending between colors that needs to happen. I have to return to the city tomorrow so I won't be able to work on the  piece for a week or so. Too bad. I really want to see it finished.