Freestyle hand embroidery

I've always wanted to try cross stitch or embroidery. But I never found a pattern kit that I liked. So I decided to find my old hoop and just go for it. Freestyle embroidery. Just letting the image flow from my hand to the fabric.

It's been fun so far. This is 2 sittings so approximately 2 hours.  I'll need to look up new and different techniques but this is fun for now.