Moonlight on the Bay

Hallo,

   Thought I would show you a couple in progress pictures with this one.  This first picture is the original cyanotype done with beach grasses, weeds and a horseshoe crab shell that I found. In addition to the cyanotype fluid for this wet cyanotype, I spritzed it with some vinegar diluted in water and put some soap bubbles on top too.

  The next 2 pictures show how I water colored the grasses, weeds and shell.

  I mounted the paper to a cradled panel and added a few layers of encaustic medium and then enhanced the water and the moon with a bit of pan pastels.

  Framed in a black float frame it measures 16.5 inches wide by 23.5 inches tall and 2 inches deep. 

"Moonlight on the bay'

     All for today

                                                                                                Take Care

                                                                                                      Tera

 

Bay View

Hallo,

    Calling this one 'Bay View'. This painting started out as a cyanotype print onto watercolor paper with some weeds and grasses I collected on the bay on morning on a walk with my pups and the hubby.

   I then water colored the grasses and glued the paper to a cradled wood panel.

  I then added several layers of encaustic medium. Next step was painting some grass and weeds on with encaustic paint. Lastly, I enhanced the sky and water with pan pastels.

   I framed it with a black float frame. It measures 16.5 inches wide, 23.5 inches tall and 2 inches deep.

   All for today

      Take Care

           Tera

 

Stormy Dunes

Hallo,

   Some productive time in the studio yesterday. Last weekend I had spent doing backgrounds for 4 paintings ranging in size from 8 by 8 inches to 24 by 36 inches. This weekend I am adding details with the hot pens.

  The backgrounds are done with encaustic, pan pastels, and shellac with pigment powders. Total number of layers including base layers at this pointy are about 13 to 15 layers.

  I use hot pens with 2 fine tips and a small iron tip to add the seagrass and the fence.

                                                                                                            This painting is 12 inches high and 16 wide. 

   Hot, muggy and rainy in NW Florida this weekend - good weekend for the studio!!!

   Have a great day!!!

       Tera

 

Another lighthouse

Hallo,

  Finished this one off in the studio this weekend. The first pic is the finished painting and then I started with a sot from near the begining and progressing along the way.

  The board is primed with about 4 layers of encaustic and then I started adding color for the sky/ocean and sand dunes.

  Once I had the background where I wanted it - I added 2 layers of clear encaustic in preparation to incise the lines. Going for a vintage style map with the grid lines.... 

I took one shot with my hot pen and my favorite tip - the one I do most of the lighthouse, rocks and grasses/dunes with.

  The last pic is a close-up of the finished lighthouse.

  This painting measures 12H by 16 W

  Have a great week.

     Tera

 

Beach sunset

Hallo,
  Another sunset type scene for you this am - cold wax and oils again.
This one measures 10 inches high by 20 long. I finished the sides to match the painting - sky, water and the bottom edge is the sand....
   All for now - off to the studio to paint this am!!!!
   Take Care
       Tera

Stormy sunrise

Hallo,
  I played around with a couple sunrise/sunset type pics a few weeks ago. This one is onto cradled board and is 11 by 14 inches.
  Kinda a stormy look and a bit of beach down in the corner.
  I finished off the sides in white.
  This is cold wax and oils again - haven't heated up my encaustics in awhile - takes a while to melt and the knee hasn't been too thrilled with standing or sitting on my high stool for too long just yet.....soon though.
  All for now - Take Care
        Tera

Palm tree

Hallo,
  Well it has been awhile since I have posted anything but I have had a good excuse. I had a knee replacement on my left knee on 7 Jan and have been working on healing. All is going well and I will be back to the work grind in a couple weeks.
  I have a couple paintings I have been meaning to show you - done in the last few months - some in the last couple weeks between PT and naps....
   This painting is a little one - 6 by 6 inches. It is done with cold wax and oils. It was a fun little piece that I puttered around with for a couple months and am finally calling it finished. I kept looking at him and would dab a bit here and there and then look at him for another week or so.....
   All for today - will be back to show off a few more paintings in the next couple days.
        Take Care
             Tera
 

Sand and sea

 Hallo,
  Well it has been a long time since I posted so here's a quick update.....29 march I had knee replacement surgery on my right knee and am doing well, will be going back to work in 2 weeks, have been doing my exercises twice a day and also back to walking. My pups are disappointed that I don't take them with me just yet, need to get a bit more oomph into the legs before I take those 2 rowdies with me :)
  I hadn't been in the studio much until the last week and this one is one I just finished. Encaustic and oil stick, it is 12 by 12 inches and 1 inch thick and will be going to a friend of mine.
  Not a whole lot else going on - trying to get all my old photo albums transferred to digital and still working on wedding projects.
  The weather has been so nice and cool, been loving it - except the pool isn't warm enough to get into yet. I am looking forward to doing my pool exercises and working on getting dtronger and maybe loosing some weight.
    All for today - Take Care
        Tera

Kiara by Elaine Cox

Hallo,
  Its challenge day again at Sweet Pea Stampers challenge blog and our theme this time is Mermaids - and how easy is that, it is after all one of the main reasons I LOVE my Sweet Pea stamps!!!!
  Check out our challenge here - http://thesweetpeastampers.blogspot.co.uk/

 

Check out all the mermaids, fairies and other wonderful stamps here - http://sweetpeastamps.com/

  Todays project is an altered journal. The main image is a stamp from Sweet Pea Stamps called Kiara by Elaine Cox (she is also available as a digi image) and I colored her with koh-I-noor pencils.
  I covered the journal with some beautiful oceany looking handmade paper and then added the main image - cut out with a Spellbinders die and edged in gold metallic pen.
  Then I got out one of my favorites - a pearl viva décor pen and added some pearls to her hair and the 'water' around her along with some real seashells from my stash.
   All for me today - Hope to see you - if you join in the challenge and play with us you could win free Sweet Pea images - and if you use a Sweet Pea image for your entry you will have double the chance to win!!!
   Have a great day!!
      Tera

Beachside

 Hallo,
   Not as much time at the craft table as I would have liked but did get this frame done up :).
  I have had this frame for awhile now, wanting to do something beach themed for the pictures so its been waiting on a pile near my desk, among other piles :)
   On top of the frame was a baggy I discovered of stamped, colored and cut out seashells (Gina K stamps) that I had extra from a birdhouse project I did a couple years ago - found these in the big move and purge :)
   Then yesterday when I was looking through some of the encaustic wax pieces I did in class the last couple weeks, I pulled out a wax piece I did in last years class and it had a nice beachy feel to it - I had used blues and golds and then embedded a piece of cheesecloth into it and then added a couple small shells and a starfish charm.
   So now what to do for the other opening of the frame.....
   The challenge this week over at Flourishes is to use 'dots' to color your background and/or image  (also known as pointillism ) which I hadn't done in a long time so I pulled out my beach set from Flourishes and made up a little scene. I colored it with copics and then backed both pieces with navy blue.
   Check out the challenge over at Flourishes here - www.flourishes.org/blog/
   Not too much new here - did a bit of house cleaning, went and picked up a couple things from the store - for me and for a care package for DD, dropped some stuff off over at the thrift/consignment shop on base, ran over to hang out with some stampin friends for a bit at our biweekly stamp group, puppy got her walk this am and that is about it for my day - other than a bit of couch time after super,  either coloring or working on my latest locker hook rug....
     Have a good evening ya'll....time for me to think about getting some super on the table.....
     Take Care
           Tera
  

Summer Surf

Hallo,
Happy Memorial Day!!!
I just have a quick post for you today - we got out for a walk before it rained this am and we plan to run out to our favorite beachside resterant for lunch in a bit....
The rain should clear out in the next hour or so - then it will be a very steamy day out - may have to get in the pool for a bit.
I work tonight and tomorrow night so will prepost something for you tomorrow.
I made this card last week for a sketch challenge over at Stamp TV.


The back round was run through a Cuttlebug texture folder and then sanded over the top to reviel the white core of the paper - but then as I inked the edges with ink to match the narrow panel, I decided to ink up part of the swirls too and thought it looked good that way....
The darker half oval panel was done in the cuttlebug too, only no sanding - just inked up the folder first and then added ink to the texture too.
The narrow panel was done on white cardstock with clear embossing powder and 2 shades of blue ink sponged on top.
The top half oval panel was colored with copics.
All stamps from Gina K.
Have a great Holiday!!!
Tera