The aspen path

Hallo, 

   Finished off this painting yesterday in the studio and turned it in for a show at our local Arts and Design Society - the theme is 'Van Gogh' . Although I don't remember Van Gogh painting aspens, I tried to capture his colorful brushstrokes that so many of his landscapes are famous for.

   One of the nice thing about encaustics is the fast 'drying ' time. it only has to cool. Encaustic will continue to cure - as in harden and become more durable in the first 6 months to a year after it was initially painted. 

   ALl for me today - was in the studion again for a few hours today - starting a 3D encaustic mixed media project involving - a big piece of driftwood, paperclay, paper, an old glass bottle and of course encaustic. Look for that project in a couple weeks.....

  Have a great week!!!

                                                                                         Tera

 

Vincent visits Kansas

Hallo,

   It has been a busy few weeks here but have managed a little time in the studio. 

   We have a 'Van Gogh' themed show coming up this month so in the great tradition of learning from the masters by using their work as inspiration, this will be one of my entries.

   I grew up in the midwest and have seen a few thousand wheat fields in my day so this was the theme I chose. 

Tried to use the bright colors and visible brush strokes typical of alot of Van Gogh's landscapes. I was happy with how it turned out!!

    All for today - have a bit of time to head off to the studio here in a bit  so maybe have more to show you soon!

    Take Care