Painting in Progress (Flotsam and Jetsam)

Here I am laying in the gel medium molds onto the canvas and adding a rough sand and gel mix to fill in any empty spaces around the uneven molds. The rough sand will help give the impression of the sand bottom under the waves.

Some "wreckage" that has swirled up and collected in the nook of the woman's arm.

I'm gluing down some long silk threads from a vintage piano shawl that I bought at a flea market. It wasn't in good condition, so no loss! It serves as "seaweed" in this case. (It has served as "mermaid's hair" in the past).

The same "seaweed" is tangled up in the detritus under the woman's arm.

The "seaweed" is painted light green.

The silk threads also serve here as doll's hair. The doll has been lost to the waves. Seaweed is tangled around the gel medium "coins".

To be continued...