"I have a bead on you..."

When we were first given this assignment, I had no idea what to do with the bead that we got in class. I started thinking about things that I would like to do and it came to me that I wanted to make a painting. I hadn't dug into my paints in a really long time and painting is something I absolutely adore. So...I decided to paint a canvas with the bead. I went with an abstract painting and I ended up having the bead stuck to the canvas after it was all finished. It took about 2 hours to complete the painting, but it was worth the time and I enjoyed breaking out the paints again. Below are some images of the final product!