Made a half-sleeve from branches.
Two sessions, about eight hours of work, work without faces and figures, but with meaning

Thorn branches — pain, trials and self-sacrifice, in Christian culture this is a direct reference to the crown of thorns.
Laurel branches — dignity, victory and inner strength, and, of course, about the Roman tradition of wreaths for winners

You don't always have to choose a specific character, as I usually do. Sometimes symbols speak louder than any figure