Exploration - steps

We're at the exploration stage now in Find Your Joy. Again, basically, explore whatever you want, whatever that means to you.

I'm still very much thinking about the landscape of the Beara peninsula. Mostly rocks and mountains folded on themselves. Some vegetation at ground level. Very few trees. I'm playing with mixed media and lots of mark making. I really don't know where this will lead. I think the result is a little dull, but I do like the effect of Neocolor 2 and soft pastels. I do love scribbling, a way to express the energy that's sometimes trapped inside of me.

Here is the final piece and a few notes of what I did at each step of the way. I wonder if I could add some watercolour on top now?

Colour pencil, Neocolor and soft pastel - got a small box of Unison pastels (to die for). Fixed with Degas fixative (casein fixative, non-toxic and easy to apply).

Here are the previous stages

Added lots of resist pencil (white). Too much. Then added Lilac watercolour to reduce the impact of the resist and added marks of Lilac towards the bottom to draw the eye.

Lifted that purple. It didn't lift fully. Need to check if it's the W&N Magenta or the Indanthrone blue that's the pigment not lifting. Still very dirty.

Added a wash of purple over the mountains and lifted. Too dark and yucky. Made  stones appear in the bottom

Original. Liked it, but the yellow of the moutain was too much