Sailor Beware - Progress update

a few months ago even just the thought of embroidery put me to sleep. it all started with the sparrow tankini, to give the instarsia more shape i embroidered over it. than came the amigurumi. the Pricked, Extreme Embroidery exhibit was the coup de grâce... i am addicted, and am teaching myself silk shading which i have tried (emphasis on "tried")to apply to this piece: