I am now in the final stretch of this piece. I have added a few more colors to paint on, and then it’s time for waxing out. As you can see, I am placing sheets of newsprint over portions of the image at a time, allowing the wax to absorb into the newsprint. This takes at least 1/2 an hour of my time. Quite often I am asked:”How long does it take for you to create one of these paintings”. I actually loose track after a while, but in this case, the photo enlargement, and placing on the fabric have taken over 3 hours; the waxing of the white layer took about two hours, then the remaining layers took another 4-5 hours. This does not count the drying time between each layer of wax and dye. So for this project, I already have at least 11 hours work before touch up and finishing to go.
Using newsprint to remove the wax
Ironing out the last traces of wax
