in progress : [untitled] …

i have these beautiful little wood and clayboard boxes that measure 6 x 6 inches. i’ve had them for years but never knew what to do with them. i figured i’d save them for a certain series of works. all the series i’ve done up until now required a different base [wood, canvas, paper, etc.]. the clayboard is so so fine, it’s really best suited to just oil. so i started this piece with a pencil sketch and went over the lines in liquin just to set them [otherwise working straight away with oil will blow out my original sketch]. this way, i can still see the undersketch and work with it as i layer. this piece might take a while, but i like the start …