I know that there was some travel across the state of Pennsylvania and to Maryland, and a few days spent quilting with beloved friends, and some family meals in there, too. Oh, I worked in my square foot garden, too. The rest of the time I am not so sure about what I was doing or where the hours went. I know not much creating got done.
Watercolor underpainting
This
afternoon I am committed to returning to the encaustic project from my
trip along the Susquehanna River back in April (already 3 months ago!) I
am going to post the encaustic work in phases rather than waiting until
I decide to stop working on a painting to post a photo. It will be
interesting for me to see it in a freeze-frame evolution. This is
painting number 1, after the first washes of paint and 'burn in.' That
term refers to applying heat either with hot tools in the wax or
heating the air over the painting to bond the colors and layers of wax
to each other and the wood support. Some basic physics comes into play
here since the darkest pigments absorb heat more quickly, and there can
be some interesting and surprising outcomes because of this.
Encaustic painting phase 1
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