Little Cloud Beginnings?

no idea what these are, or what they will become...

Scholastic is over - time to create

Well - I feel like I'm beginning to reconnect with the world now that Scholastic is almost over. Whew... such a treat to be involved but oh so time consuming. There's a big show in LO called the Festival of the Arts. They always have a 'special' exhibit and this year it's encaustic! The deadline to submit work is Feb 1, of course! I have two pieces I know I'm going to enter but this one, pictures included, is one I would really like to finish and enter. Nothing like a deadline to get you motivated and into the studio.

I wanted to play with positive and negative. I've always struggled with the way I use encaustic, feel like I don't honor the medium well. So, I created a rocking background with many layers and have 'carved' the rooster out of the background using oil bars and wax. I'm building the surface a little and letting the background speak for itself in other areas. I need to work the back end a little more and then I think I'll let it go to the wind. Any thoughts or suggestions in the immediate future, like this week, would be appreciated.

Tootles. S

Dragonfriut

Hey, finally got to the blog. Enjoyed catching up on what 's happening. I am slowly getting back on my feet and learning to walk again. No cane, no cast - wearing a shoe. First time since our October weekend. Here is a image from Hawaii - dragon fruit amazing color, bird and fish like. Kris - I responded to your Holga questions.

Inspiration

Love this book i picked up at the library this week.

Made me think of Shannon talking about being a daily artist.

Making progress on my studio and decided to make myself accountable by keeping a log of hours spent in the studio. I bought myself a small calendar to keep track. Pictures soon!

Kristen's Sweatshirt- I painted with bleach

Thanks for the henna, Kristen. I had so much fun with it- a good trade!

Tooth Drawings

They look like little dancers!

(PS- I'll have a scanner soon, so you don't have to look at these as cell phone photos...)