As part of the course I took, I have been diligently writing my daily list while having coffee in the morning. And for awhile "Art" was on there but never got checked off.
Hey. It happens.
And I'm learning to be okay with that.
No one sees this list.
No one but me is standing in judgement and again, I'm learning to give myself some slack.
If the items on the list don't get checked off today? Maybe tomorrow.
And I keep writing my daily list with that in mind. As Steph said, 60% is still better than 0%.
But. One day, I DID check that sucker off.
And then another.
And another.
And look!
Not one. Not two. But a whole bunch of art for your perusal.
Aren't you lucky?
heh.
Okay. Maybe not.
But you can look anyway.
This first photo is a series of 6 textural acrylics of which these 4 are kinda sorta complete.
See the one in the top right corner (that'd be #1)? I finished it w/a new-to-me Golden polymer varnish w/satin finish.
I hate it.
It just mutes out all that texture I worked so hard for.
So now you know why it looks kinda soft by comparison to the others. I have to figure out what happens next for poor ol' #1. It might need to go to the great art garbage bin in the sky.
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| Numbers 1 thru 4 |
The next two are WIP (aka works in progress) in encaustics. I have used wax before but not to this extent. And I have to tell ya? I am struggling! Nothing like delving deep into a new medium to make one humble. oy!
I'm pretty pleased with the one I call "Reluctant Recluse". But because I believe in full disclosure, it started out as an acylic piece using molding paste and a photo I took of Tom & Stella so a lot of the texture you're seeing is from that. Not from the wax. Kinda cheating. But hey! These are experiments. Sue me.
The second one is full on wax and as you may be able to see I'm having a tough time getting that freakin photo to stay put. And it's messy. Oh. So messy. As Bri says, though, be prepared to make a lot of ugly before you get the hang of encaustics. Okay. Bri. Here's the ugly! lol
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| The Reluctant Recluse ... an experiment in wax |
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| WIP ... an experiment in wax |