Prepping blocks

I have spent this morning preparing blocks for next weeks favorite block class with Junelle Jacobson.  The title of next weeks block is DOWNTON ABBEY!  Can't wait to see what we are going to do !

I took a different approach to my blocks this week.  I started with black gesso, then did layers of different colors of paints.  When they were dry, I sanded them to reveal the layers and some of the black.