Huh. That's Weird.

So I don't paint anything new for what, two weeks?  And this is what I get:

Neptune's Sunrise.  Weird, eh?  Then came this one:

I have NO idea what this is, but I call it Monarch Madness. Reminds me of butterflies.

I don't consider these to be the innermost workings of my soul, just interesting texture studies.  I can't tell you the technique I used, however, because that would be giving away all my good secrets.