Old Lock

Finally!

This is one of my two Nightmarepaintings. This one started as a sideproject two years ago and then I really started to hate it. I still don´t like it. This painting is the hardest, technically, that I ever painted.
I feel a bit sad that I didn´t put down more effort on the line art. There are some odd parts in it.
Still, there are some things that I like about this one and it´s not all that bad considering that the reference picture was long gone after two years.

The reason that I decided to finish this was that I discovered hyperrealism and was mesmerised. I could sell my soul to be able to paint like those amazing artists! This is not anything like that but its a step in that direction...or at least that´s what I like to think.

Edit: frame added
Medium: watercolor
Please let me know what you think of it.