Work in Progress

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I really intended to have some quality time in Studio Grande today. But first I had to get a massage. Because a girl’s got to be good to herself once in awhile, you know.

And then there was the barn that needed cleaning. And a truckload of hay to buy and unload.

And OMG, I haven’t exercised in days. So I had to do that too.

And check my email. Do you have any idea how crazy full my inbox was?

Next thing I knew it was time for the five o’clock news. Umm…where did the day go?

All was not lost. Studio Quat got her lovin’ and I put in some time (damn little) painting this evening. Wasn’t in the mood to finish the one I showed you in yesterday’s post. I ended up working on one of the smaller ones instead.

And I didn’t finish that one either. But I’ve got some photos to show the progress.

early

This is early in the process. Just getting some color down. Some marks.

WIP 2

More layers of stuff. Paint. Water crayon. Just having fun.

WIP 3More! More! More!

WIP 4

Now it’s beginning to get interesting. Stencils and stamps are involved for texture.

WIP 6

More layers and more layers. Glazing made the water crayon run and mute the colors. Eventually I encouraged a feather. And that’s where I left it last night.

WIP featherTonight I wanted the feather to pop. But I wasn’t happy with the colors of either the feather and the background. So stamped into the paint to make things more interesting. Then I glazed over the background to pull it all together.

This is still most definitely a work in progress but it will be a few days before I can do the studio thing again. Day job, you know. I’m planning on finishing all three over the weekend.

You can hold me to it. In fact I hope you do.

Yesterday, Part 2

Yesterday, Part 2

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OK, got the photos from yesterday. Remember–said I was on fire. Said I nailed it in the studio. But I didn’t have my camera. You had to trust me because I wasn’t going to brave the wild beasties and things that go bump in the night just to snag a few photos.

So here they are, oils on cradled panels. Some cradles plastered. They’re the under-paintings for encaustics so technically they’re works-in-progress. Which is a fancy way of saying not done. I can’t wax them till they’re dry. Or almost dry. That gives me time to figure out what I want to do.

Then there were the little ones, three 6X6. They didn’t make the photo shoot. Probably napping.

works in progress

Got this thing going on about doors…or are they windows? In my mind I’ve been calling them ‘portals’. Mama had a thing about red doors. We had one on our house when I was growing up.

work in progress Friday

This is something I worked on tonight. I think it’s 20X24. The plaster was heavily textured. Too much, felt like I was fighting a texture I didn’t want. Did a lot of scraping. My favorite tool tonight was a paint scraper that had to be 6 inches wide. Got it at the hardware store, one of my favorite places for art supplies.

Didn’t have much studio time today because life got in the way. I’ll have to look at it tomorrow and see what I think. Tomorrow…when I can spend ALL DAY in Studio Grande.