thanks for sticking with my until now! We've almost made it...
The coming three days will be challenging, with me having to prepare for several trips and deadlines for two newsletters.
Being in the studio also means I have to take care of signing, framing, cataloging etc., or else I will "drown" in paintings, which are all over the place. Especially the wooden panels take up massive space.


A bit more hot air work today. This time on a letter size cream coloured painting card. I started without clear wax, but had to add some later in the process, while the wax was not moving enough. After I was happy with my colours I scratched back to the yellow card to form shapes of leaves and flowers:


This is with back light, placing the image against the window.


And here it is while laying on the table. Quite different, isn't it?

I played a bit with a larger panel 14x14, adding layer upon layer of wax and then used the scraper to dig back into the wax. I really like this effect. As I was working a human figure appeared, holding a circular shape and trailing one from her hair (?). Something to pursue further, I think.
The colours are much richer in person: it was getting dark outside!


Thea

P.S. If you have joined recently: you can see the reports of the previous days on my blog.