Moonlight on the Bay

Hallo,

   Thought I would show you a couple in progress pictures with this one.  This first picture is the original cyanotype done with beach grasses, weeds and a horseshoe crab shell that I found. In addition to the cyanotype fluid for this wet cyanotype, I spritzed it with some vinegar diluted in water and put some soap bubbles on top too.

  The next 2 pictures show how I water colored the grasses, weeds and shell.

  I mounted the paper to a cradled panel and added a few layers of encaustic medium and then enhanced the water and the moon with a bit of pan pastels.

  Framed in a black float frame it measures 16.5 inches wide by 23.5 inches tall and 2 inches deep. 

"Moonlight on the bay'

     All for today

                                                                                                Take Care

                                                                                                      Tera

 

Bay View

Hallo,

    Calling this one 'Bay View'. This painting started out as a cyanotype print onto watercolor paper with some weeds and grasses I collected on the bay on morning on a walk with my pups and the hubby.

   I then water colored the grasses and glued the paper to a cradled wood panel.

  I then added several layers of encaustic medium. Next step was painting some grass and weeds on with encaustic paint. Lastly, I enhanced the sky and water with pan pastels.

   I framed it with a black float frame. It measures 16.5 inches wide, 23.5 inches tall and 2 inches deep.

   All for today

      Take Care

           Tera

 

Beach grasses

Hallo,

   Well more cyanotypes to show you in the next few days. A few weeks ago the hubby and I took the pups for a morning walk on the bay and I collected a bunch of grasses and weeds from the beach and even found a horseshoe crab shell and I used them to make 3 large cyanotype prints.

   I did the prints on 15 by 22 inch watercolor paper. I even had to order custom made boards and float frames due to the odd size.

   I wanted to leave one of the 3 mostly untouched so with this one all I did was use some blue colored pencils to clarify a bunch of the lines and enhance some shadows here and there. It is glued to a cradled panel and when dry I used a couple layers of cold wax to seal it. The only other thing I did was to add a bit of oil stick to the edges (with blending medium to make it more translucent and to help it dry quicker). 

  I really like how it looks in the float frame.!!

                                                                                  I should be done with the other 2 in this series this weekend sometime so stop on back.

    Take Care

        Tera

 

Self portrait

Hallo,

  Last one in this batch of mixed media - cyanotype, colored pencils and encaustic paintings.

   I combined an old photo of myself and one of flowers from Peru to make this cyanotype print.

  First photo shows the print after I colored with pencils and added several layers of encaustic medium. 

  Last photo is with some encaustic paint and stencils and a bit of gold encaustic paint for the necklace.

  Asa with the others I plan to frame it in a black float frame(waiting for some I ordered to arrive).

  All for today - Take Care

     Tera

 

Wilted flowers and bird feeder.

Hallo,

   Another cyanotype, colored pencil and encaustic painting for you today.

This was a photo I took of a bunch of flowers that were wilted in a vase in my house but I thought they still looked pretty so I took them outside and set them beside my bird feeder and took a few pictures.

  I made the cyanotype print and colored it in with colored pencils. I then added several layers of encaustic medium. Next I used encaustic paint with a stencil and then etching and oil sticks.

  I plan to frame in a black float frame.

     All for today - Take Care

            Tera

 

Bird of paradise

Hallo,

   I have been experimenting with cyanotypes again. This one is from a photo I took in Peru the end of march and used the photo to make the cyanotype print. The first photo is the cyanotype print I started with. 

   Second photo shows the print after I had colored some of it with colored pencils and covered it with several layers of encaustic medium.

   Third picture is where I added some leaves with encaustic paint and a stencil, I etched some lines on the stenciled leaves and enhanced with oil sticks.

   I will frame this in a black float frame.

All for today - Take Care and stay cool with all this heat lately!!!

    Tera

 

Party at Picchu

Hallo,

   Another of one of the paintings I finished off this weekend in the studio. Both yesterdays and todays paintings are 11 by 14 and will be framed in black float frames.

  First pic here is the finished painting.

  Second pic is the 2 cyanotypes I used - glued to the board and ready to go.

  I then colored the lamas and Machu Picchu with colored pencils and a bit of gold watercolor. I then added several layers of encaustic.

  I printed out the lamas again onto tissue paper and colored them with pencils and embedded them into the encaustic to make them stand out a bit more.

   I used stencils and oil sticks with the encaustic to add some texture and then a fine tip hot pen to add the fence line in.

                                                                                           All for today - Take Care

                                                                                                     Tera