Starting a blog can be a daunting challenge. However, I foresee this blog as a way of keeping my curious friends, clients and collectors aware and up to date on the progress of various pieces of art I am working on..... some of my thoughts about the posted pieces and scriptural references about each piece.
My work usually is a result of scripture studied, a book read, or a result of prayer seeking discernment, sometimes all three.
This piece is a work in progress. The 24" x 48" gouache on wood panel is tentatively titled, "Corporate Prayer" .
I am now at a point in the creation of this piece that I need to stop and "stew" ( as I tell my students) about the content, the next step in the process, and assess if the work is going off in a new direction. Sometimes a piece will take on a life of its' own. I encourage my students to allow the work to "lead you" ...... sometimes in directions they may never have thougth about.
The next technical step on this particular piece is quite simple. I will need to seal the work with Krylon acrylic seal. This will protect the water soluble gouache color and allow me to follow up with a Polyacrylic seal of at least two layers followed by a light wet sanding. This preparation will then allow me to apply more pigment ( most likely a transparent watercolor ) over the current image.
More about the content of this work will follow in later blogs.
