Fire engine red

I'm using unbleached muslin now. I blocked yesterday using the new beeswax, and today I applied the fire engine red. Looks really good on the unbleached muslin. Like there's more depth. I wonder whether the whites will turn out and whether I'll have to use paint in the end?


One annoying thing - the pencil lines are gone! This didn't happen before, and I'm wondering if it's because the muslin makes the dye appear darker and less bright? I panicked for a bit, and then thought to myself that I can probably redraw them afterwards. But what if they're not the same?

I'm letting the red dry, and then I'm going to continue with drawing and blocking with beeswax. I'm thinking of using the paraffin on the sides to simulate paper. I wonder how that's going to look?