Soothing Blues II

Hallo,

  Last one in this series - this one is 11 by 14 inches. Many layers of encaustic, oil sticks, pan pastels, shellac with mica powders.

   All for today,

      Take Care

         Tera

 

Soothing Blues 3,4 and 5

Hallo,

   Three small paintings for you today - all of them are 8 by 8 inches. Many layers of encaustic, oil sticks, pan pastels shellac and oil stick for a soothing ocean style blues.

  These, like most of my encaustic paintings are done on cradled wood panels and the sides on these are finished in black.

  All for today, am off to play one handed artist at the studio today....

  Take Care

     Tera

 

Soothing Blues I

Hallo,

  Finished off a new small series in the studio this week - this one is 16 by 20 inches. 

   Encaustic, oil sticks, pan pastels, shellac and mica powders. Many layers.

  Still working mostly left handed but the shoulder is healing nicely.

  Speaking of the shoulder, off to PT I go.....

   Take Care

                                                                                                                Tera

 

Ocean redo

Hallo,
   Remember this painting?? Well I got it back from a show in Pensacola and even though I loved it, I felt like it 'needed' a bit of something...
  Well I played with a bit and a few little jellyfish came over to swim.
I love it even more now!!!!
  12 by 12 by 1. Encaustic wax, pan pastels, oil sticks, mica powders, and shellac.
  All for now - Take Care
    Tera

Ocean series - 12 by 12

 Hallo,
   Last one in this series, this one measures 12 by 12 inches. This one started with 3 layers of plain encaustic and 2 or 3 of white encaustic wax. Next I added a layer of oil sticks.
  Follows are several layers of shellac with mica powders, pan pastels, a bit of oil stick, fusing after each layer and adding another layer of clear wax every now and then.
  I almost quit at the second picture as I really liked the way it was looking but decided to do just a bit more and am still happy with it.
  Unlike the others in this series I didn't add any ink to this one. The sides are finished off with black encaustic.
   All for now - a busy week here with work and errands and turn ins for 2 art shows.....oh and watching the hurricanes develop and which way they decide to go....
   Take Care
      Tera

Ocean encaustics - 2

 Hallo,
   2 more paintings in my latest series. Both of these are 11 inches wide by 14 inches tall.
They start with a base of 4 layers of encaustic and then a layer of oil sticks. After that are multiple layers of shellac with mica powders (burned in) and pan pastels with an occasional layer of clear encaustic.
  I added some black ink at one point and wasn't really happy with it so they both got another layer of shellac and pan pastels and a final layer of clear encaustic. Some of the ink still shows but it adds another layer of interest....
  The top 3 pics are the right hand painting in progression - the 4th pic are the 2 together - and the last 3 pics shows the left hand painting in progression.
  I finished off the sides in black encaustic.
All for today - Take Care
    Tera

Ocean encaustics

 Hallo,
  Popping in today to show you a big painting I just finished off. This one is 24 inches wide by 36 inches tall.
  There are a lot of layers on this one - starting with a base of about 4 layers of encaustic wax and then a layer of oil sticks which is the first picture here.
  I then added some bronze mica powders to shellac and did a shellac burn. Added pan pastels and fused, more pastels, fused, a layer of wax.....
  All total there is about 3 layers of shellac, pastels and then clear wax, then I added some ink and one more layer of pan pastels, shellac and a final layer of clear wax...…
    The side are finished in black encaustic.
   All for today but a couple more post coming up as I did several in this series and colors - working them all at once (cooling times inbetween make working several at once easier)
   Take Care
      Tera

Coral Bubbles

 Hallo,
   Back with the color version of this weekends experiments with a new process from a video by Elizabeth Schowachert.
  Lots of layers and I didn't take pictures of every layer .....first 3 , then the finished painting in several views and then 2 close ups.
  I cant wait to get some more time to paint - lots of ideas cropping up in my noggin for this technique....
   Have a great day!!!
      Tera

Coral - black and white

 Hallo,
   Been Quite awhile since I have blogged anything - busy with Thanksgiving and Christmas and just painting whenever I had a chance.
   Mid November the Hubby and I flew up to Fort Lee Virginia to see my daughter graduate from Quatermaster training school, and her boyfriend as well and got to meet the boyfriend for the first time.
Spent some time with friends that live close by as well which was a nice mini vaca - except for one little thing - I was walking at the airport, walking fast to get to the next gait on our way there and my knee popped and felt like someone put a knife through my kneecap.....
   Knee is better but it has prompted me to look more seriously at the possibility of a knee replacement - gotta save up some PTO time first....
   Next in line was Thanksgiving/Christmas week - My daughter was home and we had both Holidays in one as well as having Thanksgiving dinner at the new boyfriends Grandparents place - as they live only literally blocks from us.....
   My daughter left on 28 Nov for her first military post in Vilsek Germany. She is doing well and having fun so far!!
  My son will be home for Christmas!!!
   And other than work,walking the pups and house cleaning there isn't too much else to tell.
   So on to todays painting. I got myself an encaustic teaching video from Elizabeth Schowachert and this was a couple days playing with using her video(I did 2 paintings at once so as to allow them to cool a bit between layers - the other one I will show you tomorrow)
 The pics go in order and I didn't take pictures of every step  but this first one shows the texture, and the second one shows the added 'coral' and then last ones are with the 'orbs' and last touches in different views and 2 close ups.....
  Its a fun process and I will be doing a few more!!!
    Take Care
      Tera