Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Fall hydarngea

Hallo,

   Last time I did this print up with encaustic, I 'pinked' it out. This time I stayed with the fall colors. This is a cyanotype print from one of my photos.

  I colored in the hydrangea with pencils and then glued the print to a cradled wood panel. I then added several layers of encaustic medium and accented with encaustic paint a nd a bit of gold foil.

   The painting is 8 by 10 inches and framed in a float frame.

   All for today - Take Care

         Tera




 

Monday, April 22, 2024

'O Clementine

Hallo,

  I have been playing alot with the cyanotype prints I made a couple months ago and they are so much fun.

   This was a photo of one of my Clementi flowers from my backyard(a few years ago) - turned into a transparency and used that to make the cyanotype print.

   I then colored the flower with pencils and then glued the print to a cradled wood panel.

   I added several layers of encaustic medium and then some accents in white and a bit of gold foil.

  The painting is 8 by 10 inches, framed in a float frame.

   This painting is in a show in Panama City Fl. at the moment.

    Have a great day!!!

                                                                                                Tera




 

Sunday, April 21, 2024

Foggy Mountain sunset

Hallo,

   Well, this painting started out as a cyanotype print of the 'creepy tree' from up by my brothers place in the Snowy Range of Wy.

   Cant see much of the cyanotype print in these photos but it defiantly adds to the atmosphere in the background. I glued the print to a cradled wood panel and then added several layers of encaustic medium. Then I painted the tree and sky - and eventually the fog with encaustic paint.

  8 by 10 inches framed in a float frame.

    All for today

            Take Care

               Tera





 

Saturday, April 20, 2024

Purple and turquoise basket

Hallo,

   Trying to get caught up here on my latest projects and eventually caught up on Etsy too. This basket and some others are at a Artisan Craft fair at the Arts and Design Society of Fort Walton Beach, Florida at the moment.

   I wanted to use this big shell slice for a handle instead of the basket start - hadn't done one like it before so finding the best way to secure the shell as a handle was a challenge. It is pretty secure but may have to try something else next time to see what works better.

                                                                                                            I used 1/4-inch coil and hemp twine to wrap. Added a few turquoise beads too.

    All for today - Have a great weekend!!!

       Tera




 

Monday, March 11, 2024

Iris Mania

Hallo,

   And just to show that I am still doing some painting in the studio, this one I finished up over the weekend.

  This panel is on its third (and last) rendition.....I had done 2 other paintings on this panel - well started them, didnt like them, set it aside, came back to it and started over...

   I used some drawings from and old flower book printed onto tissue paper as an under drawing. In the first picture you can see the drawings and I was starting to color the background with pan pastels.

  Pictures 3, 4 and 5 show the progression of one of the bigger iris.

  The last 3 pictures are of the finished painting.

Encaustic wax with pan pastels and a bit of oil sticks. It measures 12 inches wide by 24 inches tall.

   All for today - Have a great Monday ya'll.

                                                                                            Tera








 

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Annndddd ANOTHER basket....

Hallo,

   Another basket for you. 

I started with the other earring of the pair as well as all the same supplies as the last one - except I added some red into some of the upper layers just for fun.

  It measures about 6 inches round and 2 and 1/2 inches high.

  All for today - Take Care

      Tera




 

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

A tisket, a tasket, another little basket....

Hallo,

   Well these little baskets are such fun to make - keeps my hands busy while hanging out on the couch in the evenings watching TV/movies.

   I had a pair of old earrings in my stash and decided to use the bigger part of each and make a couple baskets. The earring part is gold and black with rhinestones so I used some black and gold hemp twine for the wrapping. The base is a paper coil - first and second pics.

  The basket measures 6.5 inches round and 2 inches deep.

   All for now - have to get busy and finish cleaning my house.....I really like it when it is done but really greatly dislike the process of house cleaning!!!!

     Take Care

         Tera