This past Sunday, I went to a six hour workshop on joining pastels and encaustic. The workshop was very meditative, and I am grateful because I think I have found the direction I am going with my work. I started three works where I learned three different techniques under a local artist named Kathryn Bevier. There were several RIT professors that I had the opportunity to speak with there and pick their brains. The results from the workshop where the three artworks attached. The image that has the bubbles is the direction I will be pursuing my final artwork. I will be applying soft pastel images, and then several layers of raw encaustic wax. The last layer I will carve into the wax and then apply a dark oil paint to the surface. I will probably be using oil paint sticks for that.