Summer Dunes 2.0

Hallo,

   Well After looking at this painting from my last post I decided to rework it - added a more defined horizon line and more contrast to the sky. First picture to the second picture.

  And I thought it was done.....then after looking at it for a week or so I decided to work on it some more - added more white to the clouds and lightened up the sky more in general.

That is the second picture to the third.

  And I am calling the third picture the final rendition of this painting and am happy with it. It is going to an art show a couple weeks from now.

   Have a great week!!!

     Take Care

          tera

 

Sea Turtles encaustic painting

 Hallo,
   Sea turtles swim in this lovely ocean painting. Many layers of translucent wax along with pan pastels, shellac, mica powders, and a bit of oil stick combines into an ocean scene with an amazing amount of depth.
  I am truly loving my enacaustic with pan pastels  lately. Each turtle is added in at a different layer of the painting.
  12 by 12 inches and 1 inch deep.
  Have a great day!!!
     Tera

Small sea life

Hallo,
  The start of another Monday....I never used to think about Monday as the beginning of a long work week, most of my Nursing Career I have worked 12 hr shifts and every other weekend, and either 3 shifts a week or 3 one week and 4 the next so I was often off on Mondays. The last 2 years
    or so I have work 8 hr shifts weekdays and every weekend off, which is nice but lately I am
     beginning to not like Mondays very much :)
          I have another pair of small pieces for you today, and again a bit cluttered but going to leave it
     alone. I may end up framing these in so I may add that pic in later....
         Well I guess its time to get off to work...
        Have a great week!!!
                Tera

Small ocean

Hallo,
   I have a couple small encaustic wax pieces for you today - 8 by 8 inches. I did them using the same style as the bigger one that I posted last.
   Working small is just as hard sometimes as working BIG...I think these 2 are just a bit cluttered but it would be hard to cut something out at this point without just starting over, so I am going to leave it be.
   There is a small themed show coming up at Artel in Pensacola and these might be the ones I enter....will have to see if I can get anything else done before then.
   All for this rainy morning - time to putter in the craft room a bit and then decide whether to keep puttering or go to the studio and play with wax.
   Take Care
      Tera