Illustration Friday: Artificial

There were no artificial ingredients in Chef Kitty's chocolate cake!  It's been a while since I last posted on IF.

A mixed media piece with collage and acrylic gouache and colored pencils, 5 X 7 in size.  I've been experimenting with clear gesso for texture.  I like that it's much grittier than white gesso.  Will be doing more small pieces like this with it in the future ...