The Terror Begins
I’m starting the new piece. A ground of wax medium has been applied to the board in several layers, fusing after each. Here I’m carving the area away for my first layer of pigmented wax. This piece is the largest I’ve done yet and I could fill large areas with wax, making it harder to keep the painting surface level, so I’m segmenting my composition so I can avoid that problem….as much as possible, anyway.
Filling, I want to let one color flow into the next. I want change all the time but I want my colors to be in harmony. I also know that this first layer should be slightly bolder than I ultimately want because it will diminish under layers and layers of wax medium applied later.
After scraping back and working in two additional areas, this is where I left my encaustic today. A long LONG way to go but I got over the fear of STARTING. I did a lot of staring, color mixing, testing, and general avoiding before starting today. Tomorrow I hope to jump in quickly
