I've started another book. I'm going to try and keep it from taking over my life this time. I've been sculpting the last few nights. I've got a full-size bust in water clay, but the other night, I just didn't feel like working on it. On a whim, I decided to work with wax. Now, I've tried to get into wax literally a dozen times. I have all the tools and several kinds of wax, but I always get frustrated with it. I've never gotten over the learning curve far enough that it became enjoyable.

Which frustrated me, because I like a lot of things about wax. I like that they don't need an armature, that they don't dry out, and that wax holds incredible amounts of detail.

Well, oddly enough, I'm thoroughly enjoying it now. I've spent two evenings sculpting on a little piece. It's not coming together very fast, but it is coming together. I'll post pictures in a few days of what I've got so far. It's not particularly impressive in its own right, but it's exciting for me that I finally seem to be coming to terms with wax and can actually create something with it.