Today was the day

I previously attended a brief workshop, I've watched videos, I read thru a book by Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch, I purchased supplies, and I had made 3 pieces on 8"x8" watercolor paper.  I was ready to jump in to add encaustic to these pieces.  I set up my work station in the kitchen and set forth on my journey to learn.   I emphasize the word learn because that is what I did.  Or, at least, I began to learn.  There is so much more about this wonderful technique and I am up for it.  At this time I did alot of wax on, scraping wax off because I wasn't sure of what I was doing.  It was then I started chanting my mantra in my head "there's no mistakes in art" and I began to relax and play.

Here are the before and after pictures.  Stay tuned for more samples as I keep soaking up more then trying it out.