Part of me thinks I should not share unfinished work.  I am 100% not looking for criticism, help or anything in that realm.  I’m sharing because I thought it might be fun to explore the progression of my work for myself and for those who like that sort of thing.

If you saw my last post about this series, you will notice some changes.  I thought the stencil details were too busy and that I attribute to me getting into my head about what I think people would want (i.e. a nature inspired gallery) and what is authentic to me and my style.

I eliminated stems as well, and the little buds.  I reworked the paper collage items and added more colors.

I ordered more encaustic paints from dickblick.com.  I think they’ll be here Monday, if not sooner.  I really needed to incorporate more blues into my palette.  The original concept for these paintings was blue lotus flowers but I branched out into pink, yellow and white territory plus a few other more abstract choices.

I haven’t smoothed out any of the applications via a heat source.  I will re-carve the lines of the iconography eventually, add more color, do the more textured bits and finally, make decisions in the found object assemblage department.

I painted for six hours today.  When I am creating, it feels like the most important thing in the world.  I feel very impatient, like, I wish I had all the supplies I need right now.  But really, I just need fresh air and time to decompress in order to prepare for the next step.