Starting a new project

Today I started working on a papier mache box for the Town and Country Decorative Painters. TCDP holds a retreat each year in April. This year the theme is "Patchwork Painters, Piecing Friendships Together Through Painting". The last event of the retreat is a banquet and one of the door prizes is the table centerpieces. This year, the centerpieces are large papier mache boxes decorated by members. I am painting a design by Connie Parkinson on my box--I could have designed my own, but we are bringing Connie in to do a workshop in September and I wanted to try out one of her designs. Her designs are exquisite and she uses oil techniques with acrylic paints. Here is my progress so far.