Bay Beauty

Hallo,

   Still trying to catch up ion everything around here. We just got back from spending some time with my Grandbabies (and their parents :).

  In the last month and a half, I have been out of town 3 weeks of that time frame.... now I get to try and get caught up, get Christmas taken care of and wait for Grand #3 to arrive next week.

   This is one of the paintings I did at my Eaton Ranch workshop the beginning of sept. 

  I painted the background with encaustic. The horse is a photo I too that was printed onto tissue paper and then embedded into the wax. I then painted texture and added details with more encaustic. This gentleman posed so perfectly for me!!!

  I added this painting to my Etsy shop this evening. Look for him tomorrow as I publish my Christmas sale (30% off my entire shop).

   Have a great evening!!!

         Tera

 

Appaloosa

Hallo,

  I thought you might be getting tired of baskets so.....

   First part of sept. I took a photo encaustic class at Eaton's Ranch in north central Wyoming.

  Best of two worlds for me - art and horses. We got to ride almost every day and then pop over to the studio for class.

  This painting uses 3 of my photos. The horseshoe background was printed on cardstock and glued to the wood panel. I then added several layers of encaustic for textures and to tone the background down a bit.

    The next 2 photos of the horse and the skull and antlers were isolated and printed onto tissue paper and then embedded into the wax. I then added more encaustic to accent and add more elements.

    I have always been a big fan of appaloosa horses - lots of color and patterns.

     I finished off a total of 4 paintings in the weeklong class so more to come.

             Take Care

                Tera

 

Another spiral basket

Hallo,

   Long car rides mean baskets.... I did another spiral but kind of used a double spiral this time.

  Coil, coil, coil and watch the scenery go by....

    Have a great day!!

       Tera

 

Octopus sculpture

Hallo,

  Discovered that I hadn't shared this little guy yet. 

  This sculpture started with a small piece of driftwood which I attached to a flat piece of wood.

  The octopus and all the coral and decorations are made with paper clay and painted with encaustic wax.

  I really enjoy making these little pieces, but they do take  a while to do.

   All for today, take care!

      Tera

 

Spiral basket

Hallo,

   Spirals - so fun to do!! Another car project for a long drive.

  I used 1/4-inch coil and hemp twine.

  I find it hard to read in the car so this keeps me busy without annoying the Hubby with 'excessive conversation' 😁

  Have a great day!!!

       Tera

 

Loopy yellow basket

Hallo,

  A couple little out of town trips with lots of driving time leads to me finishing off several small baskets this month.

  The base of the basket is a circa 1970's drink coaster. 

   I tried something new with the loopy stuff today.

  More baskets to come.

     Tera

 

Big pink and purple basket

Hallo,

  I finished off this basket almost 2 months ago - I am a little slow catching up. I made this basket for my Grandbabies to put toys in. 

   I used 3/4 inch coiled and used yarn from my overly big stash (considering I haven't knitted in about 15 years now... 

   The basket is about a foot deep and almost 2 feet around.

   Have a great day!!!

      Tera