Winter Blues II and III

Hallo, 

Just poppin in real quick to show you the last 2 paintings finished up this weekend in the Winter Forest/Blues series. 

   Both are 11 by 14 framed in a black float frame. 

   I started with a double exposure cyanotype and then painted with encaustic.

   All for today - Take Care

     Tera

 

Winter Blues

Hallo,

  A second cyanotype with encaustic painting today. I did this one pretty much the same as my last post. Since the colored pencil trees didnt show up as well as I would have liked, this time I painted the trees in the background with encaustic to make them show up better. Now I wonder if they dont overshadow the white and blue cyanotype trees.....

  I have 2 more in this series to finished off, so maybe I can find a happy middle ground...

   All for today - Take Care

           Tera

 

Forest Blues

Hallo,

   Another double printed cyanotype project for you today. The first picture is the cyanotype after I bleached it back a bit.

  I then used some stencils of trees to make tree masks and cover up parts of the print with the masks - trying not only to arrange the trees nice but to 'save' some of the prettier parts of the print - and did another exposure.

  The second picture is after the second exposure with the tree masks.

  I then took the same stencils and used them to make trees in the background with colored pencils. (next time I will use lighter colors as they didn't show up as well as I envisioned after adding encaustic).

  Fourth picture - I added several layers of encaustic (the print is mounted on a cradled wood panel - print was done on watercolor paper) and then added some trees in the foreground.

      Lastly I added snow - 5th picture. And the last 4 pics is after I framed the painting in a black float frame

   I had fun with this one - have 3 others in the works. Two of them already had the trees colored sort of the same as this one and a couple layers of wax on them, just waiting finishing. The last one I still have to add trees in the background with pencils so I am going to try and color then lighter so they might show up a bit more.

   All for today - hope you are having a great day!!!

     Tera

  

 

More mini's

Hallo,

  Playing around with round wood slices this weekend. These I did a couple layers of wax onto directly and then added some left-over pieces from the tea bag print I used on 'Winter Garden'. 

  I added another layer of wax on top of the tea bag cyanotype print and then added some dried plants and flowers. The flowers are orchid blooms. I impressed the dried plants onto the wax and then added wax over the top to seal them in.

  They make really cute little desk toppers.

   All for today - Take Care

     Tera

 

Encaustic and Cyanotype mini's

 Hallo,

  I finished off a few projects in the studio today. I had some wood slices that I wanted to experiment with and these are what I came up with. They started out as one of my cyanotypes that I bleached back and double printed. The lasty photo is the cyanotype after I bleached it - second to last photo is after I reprinted it using leaves as a mask to keep the prettier portions.

   I then cut out parts of the final double print and glued it to the wood slice.

                                                                                                             All I did after that was add a few layers of wax - debated adding some color with pan pastels but I liked them as they are, so maybe the next batch.

   All for today, Take Care

      Tera

'Winter Garden'

Hallo,

  I have a cyanotype encaustic mixed media painting for you today - that's a mouthful eh??

  This painting is 12W by 24H. I started with a base of encaustic medium on a cradled wood panel and then added a couple layers of white encaustic paint.

  I had done several cyanotypes onto tea bag paper which is thin enough to embed into the wax easily, but the paper is strong enough to survive the cyanotype rinsing unlike alot of thinner papers.

  I embedded the tea bag cyanotype in several layers with encaustic medium in between.

  Next I added some dried weeds of the same type that were used to make the cyanotype print to start with. I embedded them into the top layer of the wax and added some light layers of the wax over the top to seal while keeping the textures.

  Next, I went in with white encaustic paint and added 'snow' and used a bit of a stencil in the top corners. I added a bit of gold oil stick to accent the stencil and the edges just ever so slightly.

   I really like how this one turned out!! It will go to a blizzard themed show later this week.

      All for today - Take Care

          Tera

 

Great Grandparents

Hallo,

   Something sorta new for you today - still playing with cyanotypes though. I used an old photo of my Great Grandparents - wedding photo circa 1889 - made the transparency and used it to make a cyanotype print - first photo.

  Second photo - I bleached the original print back with washing soda and then toned in green tea.

   Third photo is after I colored the toned print in with colored pencils - I went a bit darker with the colors since I knew I was going to add encaustic which would mute the colors just a touch.

   The last photo is the finished painting - I added several layers of encaustic medium(without pigment) and then added encaustic paint (encaustic medium with pigments) in spots for more texture and depth. Lastly I added some pigment stick to the edges and ground by their feet.

  I have a few more old family photos that I will probably do similar paintings of in the future.

   All for today - Take Care

     Tera

Cyanotype double exposure - 6

Hallo,

  Last one for awhile. Before and after double exposure cyanotype. 

    Take Care

        Tera

 

Cyanotype - double exposure 5

  Hallo - number 5 - before and after double exposure cyanotypes....

   Take Care

      Tera

 

Cyanotype - double exposure 4

Hallo,

   Before and after #4 - double exposed cyanotype.

Two more to go then something different....

    Take Care

       Tera

 

Cyanotype - double exposure 3

  Hallo,

    Set # 3 for you today.

 First photo =  wet cyanotype print done with weeds and flowers, exposed, rinsed and let dry - then bleached back a bit with washing soda, rinsed and let dry.

  Second photo = Coated again with cyanotype solution, added flowers and leaves stragically over spots I wanted to keep and exposed to sunlight, rinsed and let dry.

  I really love how you can still see the original print in the background even in the parts you didn't preserve by placing stuff over them on the second pass. I really adds alot of depth to the prints.

   All for today - Take Care

      Tera

 

Cyanotype - double exposure 2

Hallo,

  Set # 2 for you done in the same manner as yesterdays - I am too lazy to retype it all today, sorry about that.....the caffeine isn't doing a durn thing for me this morning!!!

   Take Care

      Tera 

 

Cyanotype - double exposure 1

Hallo,

  More experiments with cyanotypes. This set is a before and after doing a double exposure. 

  The first photo shows a print that I did as a wet cyanotype in the normal manner - that is coated my watercolor paper with the cyanotype solution, layed down some plants, added some watercolor crystals and sprayed with vinegar , exposed to sunlight, then rinsed to stop the reaction and let the print dry - then I bleached it back just a bit with washing soda and let it dry again( I forgot to get a pic before I bleached).

   The second photo is after I did another exposure.

I took the first print after bleaching  and added a coat of the cyanotype solution and added leaves and plants again - larger ones this time and placed them over parts of the original print that I liked best(to preserve them) - exposed to sunlight and then rinsed as usual.

   I really like the effect and I have several more examples to show you over the next couple days.

   Have a great day!!!

      Tera

 

Toning Iris cyanotypes

     

    Hallo,

      Another set of toned cyanotype prints to show you today. The first photo is of the original print which turned out too dark. The second photo is after I bleached out some of the blue with washing soda.

   The third and fourth photos are the print toned in green tea and wine tannins.

   I had 3 prints of the same iris photo that were over exposed - just to clarify.

  All for today - Take Care

           Tera