I have a cyanotype encaustic mixed media painting for you today - that's a mouthful eh??
This painting is 12W by 24H. I started with a base of encaustic medium on a cradled wood panel and then added a couple layers of white encaustic paint.
I had done several cyanotypes onto tea bag paper which is thin enough to embed into the wax easily, but the paper is strong enough to survive the cyanotype rinsing unlike alot of thinner papers.
I embedded the tea bag cyanotype in several layers with encaustic medium in between.
Next I added some dried weeds of the same type that were used to make the cyanotype print to start with. I embedded them into the top layer of the wax and added some light layers of the wax over the top to seal while keeping the textures.
Next, I went in with white encaustic paint and added 'snow' and used a bit of a stencil in the top corners. I added a bit of gold oil stick to accent the stencil and the edges just ever so slightly.
I really like how this one turned out!! It will go to a blizzard themed show later this week.
All for today - Take Care
Tera
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