THE PAINTING DIVA IS BACK!! I'M PAINTING AGAIN!!!!
15 years of male nudes ...a 4 year hiatous ...one fall off a horse and here I am!!!
I never thought it would happen...I started a off to ride the Trans Canada Trail MY DREAM with the hopes of getting enough sketches and photos to start painting again but FATE has intervened. Apparently it thought I needed a little more practice than that! So off I came from Stella (as soon as I can figure out how to link these two Blogs) and landed in the hospital and now infront of my wax as there is little else I can do for the next while. Sooo as of 22 Sep 2008 I am offically painting daily. In the hopes of recapturing my Divahood! I'm hoping by 22 Sep 2009 but who knows this is my first love come back to me. I started in outdoor painting it looks like I'm back. Oh I'm not a purist! I paint in a gazebo or the cottage when I can get there. When you paint in wax you atract alot of BUZZ!! It's good to have screening! I'm also a photo junkie I want to capture the light aand the moment I also want enjoy the experience and my camera lets me do all that so no appologies. My technique is self taught not the traditional which I find beautiful and contemplative but not me. I enjoy a little caos and this style helps me express it! Wax is a wonderfully elastic medium I encourage anyone to explore it! Just watch your heat setting at 250 F and above it can produce a toxic fume. Ventilate ventilate thats why I work outside when I can and with ventilation when I'm in. Over the course of my year to Divahood I will try to empart any tips I can for anyone interested in wax. There is more than I can think of ways to create with it. From Casts to painting on glass to build a multi layered image it's amazing. I use stricktly beeswax because some of my casts live outside year round (one even survived the Ice Storm and is still going strong!) I would love to answer any questions I've been using this medium for over 20 years I'm still learning about it. Enough evangelical! On with painting.
Cathi
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