I was much happier and willing to paint this time around since I was very happy with what I was painting. I tried to use the grid system but in all honesty I gave up and just sketched it out like I always do (luckily i have a lot of practice drawing guitars). I copied a photo I had on my phone. As usual the weakest point was the foliage. I'm very lazy when it comes to painting leaves and or grass or trees. I tried to give it layers with different shades but that didn't turn out as well as I had hoped. The guitar in itself i think is beautiful. I feel i made it actually look like wood grain with the way I painted it and the other thing I was super pleased with would by the case in itself. I feel the red velvet and black layering I added definetly made it look and feel like that was realistic.