Condo le frogge

Hallo,

  Another small painting of a frog hanging out in one of my calla flowers. Both paintings are 8 by 10 inches.

  I had fun doing these 2 - there will probably be more in this series. 

   off and running.....

  Take Care

     Tera

 

Frog Condo I

Hallo,

  A quick post before I go out and about today.

  Last spring I had a photoshoot with a little frog who decided to hang out inside one of my calla flowers. I finally got around to painting him!!!

  Did a background of sorts first, then embedded the photo printed onto rice paper into the wax. Then I completely covered the photo with wax . For the frog and other details I used a hot pen with a fine tip .

  First picture is the finished painting and then I started at the begining with the progression.

   All for today - Take Care

      Tera

 

'Fairy Grey"

Hallo,

  Quick post as I get myself in gear for another Monday.

   I finished this sweet little painting off over the weekend. This painting took my about 10 hours to do total all - about 9 hours of it with the fine tip hot pen. Painting is 5 by 7 inches, encaustic wax.

  The first 2 pics are the finished painting - in and out of the float frame.

  Next I start with pics of the progression of this painting . After about 4 layers of encaustic medium, I embedded the black and white photo and covered it with another couple layers of wax, I then did a thin transparent(semi) layer of off white as a base and then started detailing with the hot pen.

  The photo ends up completely covered but it gives me a place to start, like a drawing would.

                                                                                         All for today - Take Care

                                                                                                    Tera

 

Mane Event

Hallo,

  Another pretty pony for you today. 

   I used the same photo as my last pony painting, printed in black and white onto rice paper and then embedded into the encaustic wax. I then used my fine tip hot pen and completely colored him in grays and white, and then added some lush pasture for him to play in.

   I can see alot more horses in my future painting endeavors!!!

   Have a great Mother's Day!!!

   Take Care

       Tera

 

Mosaic glass couch table

Hallo,

  I have had this old 'couch table' around for at least 4 or 5 years now and had several ideas what to do with it over that time frame. I finally got around to doing one of those ideas.

   Mosaic glass beach sunset scene with resin. I am quite pleased with how it turned out. Too bad I don't have the room for it in my house.  It is down at the studio - HH ARTS Gallery in Fort Walton Beach and its for sale!!!

      All for today - Take Care

               Tera

 

Locker hook rug - blues and grays

Hallo,

  Two years ago we remolded our house a bit with most of the changes in the kitchen. I finally got around to making a locker hook rug to match the new colors. I used my pretty backsplash as the inspiration and love how it turned out.

   I have a couple rugs to make for other people but then I am going to make another rug for in front of my stove. I will use the same colors I think but do a different pattern.

  All for now - have a great week!!!

                                                                                                              Tera

 

Mane Attraction

Hallo,

  I hadnt had much studio time until yesterday but for wonderful reasons. Last weekend I took a long weekend and went up near Savannah to visit my Daughter, Son-in-law. In addition to Easter they did a gender reveal for their expected August baby. I will be a first time Grandma to a baby girl!!!

   So yesterday I got back to work on 2 small paintings and was really happy with the results!!! 

  The first 2 pics were the begining phases. I used a photo of an Icelandic pony (copyright free) and printed it onto rice paper in Balck and white( I dont have a color printed as of yet...) The great thing about rice paper and encaustic in that the paper pretty much disappears into the wax and leaves you just the photo.

  Next I added some color with pan pastels and I almost stopped there with the pony because it looked really nice. But, I really wanted some texture on these pieces so yesterday I took out my hot pens and went to work.

  The third picture is how I started the day yesterday. I only got the one finished - adding the texture took me about 5 or 6 hours. The pan pastel layer got completely covered with wax. I used a thin fountain pen type tip and a small iron tip to paint the horse with.

   The 4th picture shows in progress - the head and mane were done at that point but not the body. And the last 3 pics are the finished painting. The last pic I tilted sideways trying to get you a better view of the texture.

   I am not entirely sure of her tittle yet but am going with 'Mane Attraction' right now. She is 7.5 by 7.5 inches , painted onto a cradled wood panel.

   All for today - Take Care

       Tera