Hi Susan, and welcome, and apologies that you haven't heard from me sooner.
I think your picture is vibrant and fun. It is unashamedly colourful, which I enjoy. It reminds me rather of a scarf or printed fabric, and would translate well to that medium, maybe?
I like your use of multimedia, but I wonder if it might be worthwhile considering either trying to get more textural qualities/more play with depth and colour from the paint. That, or play on the idea of the bling, rather than having it in tidy rows.
I think what I like best is the slightly surreal semi-figurative quality of the swan - the centre part of the image.
One thing that can be fun to do is to cut a small square in a piece of card, and see how your image looks when small parts of it are viewed through it, a bit like a viewfinder.
Another exercise in what I would call 'surface pattern', would be to photocopy the image and cut or tear it into small squares or units, then reassemble these - this can free up your mind - get you thinking in terms of texture and colour and how these look in different formats.
But I am not suggesting you do these, just putting them out there as potential ideas.
It is so lovely to have some visuals posted in the forum! Thank you! Welcome!
Sarah-Jane
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