I actually have this single piece of artwork that I have been redrawing every year since 2014. The progression I see when I look at all the years is incredible.
The same thing happened to me 🥺😢 I painted kittens for a 6-year-old girl's birthday, It took me 4 months of work, there were a lot of kitties and details, on delivery day I thought of applying varnish, a bad idea because everything ran away!!! I was shocked, I couldn't believe that my work of 4 months was gone in a second... The kittens' faces looked soo melted, they were very scary, and in 20 minutes I had to repaint the faces super quickly 😣 It didn't turn out as I expected, but I learned a lot of things and ... the girl didn't call me again 😅
Oh no I’m so sorry to hear that! 4 months?! Oh my gosh that’s so much time! I’ve recently bought spray varnish instead of liquid as I don’t want it to happen again. Plus I’m going to wait a week for the acrylic to dry I’m not taking any chances! 😂