Studio work seems to be going well. I still am collecting images. This will happen as I progress with my research. I am trying to get a lot of work done these next two weeks because my school’s big art show is the 30th of March. This art show every year in the past has consumed at least two weeks where I am at school roughly until 9:30 every night. The work load this month is causing a bit of anxiousness for me, and I am a little nervous of how it is going to affect my time for studio and research work.
However, many of my concerns for my studio work are how I am going to approach the lines applied last with oil sticks. I have been contemplating using writing on top of the Pan Pastel images. I am going to try a practice piece with utilizing that idea. I also am concerned with the size. I feel as though I might be able to move quicker if the size is larger. Many of the tools I use for the Pan Pastels are too large for 8″ by 10″ pieces. The small intricate designs cause me to slow my pace and progress. The little bit of Pan Pastel that has been applied in the images attached took me roughly three hrs. I want to try a way in which I can expedite that. I will try to double the size of the same image, but then I have my concerns with Encaustic applications.