Stretching my wings....getting ready to fly....

First step, "Poppies on tissue" - archival tissue paper, pen and 'caran d'ache' watersoluble wax pastels..these are so yummy and smooth to use....

I remember the days when I drew incessantly...those were the highschool days, when I dreamed of being a full time artist, going to college, doing my art degree etc...and then something changed....and I pursued another path...but after 16 years of that other social work path, I am back, stretching my artistic wings again and enjoying every minute of it...it has been three years as a full-time artist & facilitator... and now I am feeling another wave of change coming on...pushing my comfort zone to try and incorporate a few more of my own drawings into the work I do...so here is the first attempt....

I have found other forms of art since, that has given space for joy, creative outlet in collage ...but I haven't drawn a lot since then...I am now about to try and change that...one baby step at a time.

I found this great acid free archival tissue paper in the states when I was there for the Encaustic Painting Conference...and for a while now I have been dreaming of getting my pen and pencils out and to start doodling and drawing again...so that I can incorporate these images into my encaustic pieces...so here is the first..a poppy design I drew which I would like to embed into an encaustic piece...layered with other yummy images, patterns, texture etc.

I will keep a blog post going on the development of this piece ..here is the first step to the whole process... The magic of tissue is that it just melts away or disappears into the piece leaving your work, writing etc. vibrant...