Katie

Hallo,

  Well, I tried to put a pic of this finished painting at the top and THEN do the progression of the painting, but Blogger wouldn't let me......SO if you would rather not see the progression, just scroll all the way to the bottom. The last 4 pics are the finished painting.

   The first pic is the photo that I did this painting from - Katie is my SIL's horse. I isolated her in an edit program and printed it out in black and white onto tissue paper.(second photo)

  The third pic is the background that I did first. I am painting with encaustic as usual.

I used the photo on tissue paper as an under drawing and added encaustic to Katie with hot pens and a couple of fine tips.

  There is about 27 hours of painting into just Katie herself and another 6 to 8 between the background and finishing the bottom with grasses.

   The painting is 11 by 14 inches.

                                                                                             All for today - Have a great New Years weekend!!!!

    Take Care

             Tera

 

Big coiled basket.

Hallo,

   I haven't gotten to the studio as much as I would like lately but still doing a bit of coiling while hanging out on the couch in the evenings.

   I used a paper coil and hemp twine to wrap this one. The base is a wood wall hanging/decor item that I found at a thrift store. 

  I made the beads from platercloth wrapped over a paper straw, dipped in encaustic and then wrapped that with sari silk ribbon that had also been dipped in encaustic.

    I used a metal bead/charm from a thrift store bracelet as a decoration.

   The basket is about 14.5 inches round and 2.5 inches deep.

     All for now - I hope everyone is having a very Blessed Holidays!!!

         Take Care

                Tera