Today I started to go around Rochester to take some pictures around the areas of one of my schools. I am going to post some of the images from the adventure. THe picture taking was cut a little short because the weather was freezing.

While I am experimenting with encaustics, I am also going to continue on with the same process I started. I am going to try and have two different paths that I will explore, but with the same subject matter.

After speaking to Andrea on the phone, she mentioned photography as my medium for my projects. Since, I already use photos that I take, I thought I would try to utilize photography as the base, but also incorporate encaustics. I still want to use subtractive methods as well as the pan pastels, and my coworker does all her work utilizing encaustics. The other night we had a little workshop where she showed me a few techniques, and she is planning on have another workshop which she will introduce me to image transfers–using the photos I take. Posted above is my practice encaustic piece from that workshop.

I have finally finished my first drawing dealing with place and visual culture. I have placed two images up that I would love to have your opinions on. I placed neutral colors (white and black) behind the cutout areas. I prefer the black background, but I wanted to have some opinions on which is a stronger composition.

This time I am adding a little experiment with soft pan pastels and cutouts. I was experimenting with my cutouts and using them as stencils with the pan pastels. I was hoping this would help me work through the negative space in my current drawing. However, I really liked Lindsay B. recommendation about keeping the space negative and intertwining the cutout.

Still enjoying the soft pastels and the pan pastels. As I continue on with this image, progress has become slower as I work with the details. I wish I chose a larger format because the pastels do not allow for details with such a small image size. However, I continue on. The car was time consuming, but fun as I lost myself in it. The tree will eventually be cut out and a solid color of an alternative piece of paper will be placed behind it.