Three oil paintings in the works

After the last post of eight images I started working on taking the sketch material into oil paintings. I have been re-purposing/painting over existing canvases that had overall repeating patterns painted on them. I have been painting the text illuminations over the patterns while still leaving pattern visible. In addition, I have been experimenting with cold wax medium that has an interesting matte transparency. I have worked on a new one each day for the previous three days. I am not yet ready to post them, they still need some time by themselves and a little bit more attention from me. I am pleased though. They will be posted in the next few days.