Another encaustic wax painting for you today. This one is 12 by 12 inches - 1 inch deep onto a cradled wood panel(pretty much all of the encaustic is painted onto a wood panel)
The first pic has about 10 layers to it already - about 4 layers base wax and then a layer of oil sticks, followed by layers of pan pastels and shellac with bronze mica powders in it - with some layers of plain wax inbetween….
The second photo shows a couple more layers of pan pastels and shellac and then the first 2 koi fish. The koi fish on this painting are done with a stencil and pan pastels.
And the last photo is alternating layers of wax, pan pastel, shellac with stenciled koi fish - hopefully making it look like the koi are at different depths of the water.
BTW - the shellac once painted on has to be burned in to burn off the alcohol in it, and every layer of wax or pan pastel has to be heat set also - I usually use a torch - that way every layer is sealed to the layer beneath.
This painting is going to a friend of mine!
Take Care
Tera
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