Companionship

Hallo,

   I have a photo encaustic painting for you today. This is one of the 4 paintings I did at a workshop in Wyoming in early sept.

   I used a photo of the pile of rusty horseshoes as my background  and then added several layers of encaustic.

  The horse photo was printed onto tissue paper and embedded into the encaustic.

  I then painted with encaustic to add depth and texture.

  This painting is 14 wide by 11 high and 1 inch deep and can be found on my Etsy shop.

   www.translucentfirefly.etsy.com

   From now until Christmas all my painting are on SALE for 30% off - just use code - ARTSOUL30 on my Etsy shop or live and in person at HH ARTS GALLERY in Fort Walton Beach  Florida.

   Have a great day!!!

         Tera

 

Appaloosa

Hallo,

  I thought you might be getting tired of baskets so.....

   First part of sept. I took a photo encaustic class at Eaton's Ranch in north central Wyoming.

  Best of two worlds for me - art and horses. We got to ride almost every day and then pop over to the studio for class.

  This painting uses 3 of my photos. The horseshoe background was printed on cardstock and glued to the wood panel. I then added several layers of encaustic for textures and to tone the background down a bit.

    The next 2 photos of the horse and the skull and antlers were isolated and printed onto tissue paper and then embedded into the wax. I then added more encaustic to accent and add more elements.

    I have always been a big fan of appaloosa horses - lots of color and patterns.

     I finished off a total of 4 paintings in the weeklong class so more to come.

             Take Care

                Tera

 

Garden Sanctuary

Hallo,

  Finished off another one in my Bee series this last weekend. This one is 15 by 22 inches in a black float frame.

  I started with a cyanotype using flowers and weeds from my yard and garden onto watercolor paper. 

  I then glued it to a cradled wood panel and added several layers of encaustic medium. I colored some of it in with pan pastels and then decided to paint them with encaustic instead. I added some ferns using a stencil and then added the honeycomb/beeswax with a stencil also.

  The bees were done with a hot pen with a very fine tip - from a photo printed onto tissue paper to use as an under drawing.

  I added a few touches of pan pastels on top of the honeycomb.

This one will go to a couple shows and be available on my Etsy shop in the early fall.

   Have  great week!!!

     Tera

 

Encaustic and plaster cloth bowl

Hallo,

   I did this bowl for a black and white themed show coming up at Artel in Pensacola. 

  I formed the bowl with plaster cloth and after it was dry I painted with encaustic and used a bit of gauze to add some more texture. I also used gauze and encaustic to secure the piece of driftwood to the bowl and then added seashells on top of the gauze. 

   I did add some bit of silver here and there but it is hard to see in the photos

  All for today - Take Care

       Tera

 

Tangled roots

Hallo,

   Well, that's the title for now anyway. This is what happens when you find a chunk of wood laying on the side of the road and it  challenges you to make something with it. (first pic - measures about 6 inches wide by 22 tall and 2.5 inches deep)

  I made the tree with paperclay - second photo. Then I added a few plaster strips on the top half - 1 for some extra strength and 2 so I would have a white background to paint on(third pic) 

  Then I painted with encaustic paint and added details with encaustic and a hot pen.

  Fun little experiment - will go to a show at Artel in Pensacola in a week or so.

  Take Care

       Tera

 

Hallo,

   Another finished painting for you today - cyanotype with oil pastels and encaustic wax.

   Painting is 11 by 14 and framed in a black float frame.

   Take Care

       Tera

 

 

Dragonfly Dreams

 Hallo, 

    A quick post today with another cyanotype and encaustic painting, I started with a cyanotype and colored portions with pastels. I glued the print to a cradled wood panel and added encaustic and more pan pastels in layers with the encaustic. 

  On the left side I built up some interesting texture and added some silver foil. 

   The dragonfly is one of my photos that I printed out onto tissue paper and added the blue/turquoise/purple with a fine tipped hot pen.

  I was pretty please with how this one came out!!! Course I love dragonflies!!!!

    All for today - Take Care

           Tera

 

Firefly Garden

Hallo,

  I had forgotten to post this one because she went to a show right after I finished her. 

   This is a 15 by 22 cyanotype on watercolor paper that I mounted to a cradled wood panel. I then added encaustic medium and colored it with pan pastels in several layers.

  Lastly I added gold 'fireflies' with encaustic paint.

  She is framed in a black float frame.

   All for today - Take Care

   Tera

 

Botanical Blues I and II

Hallo,

  Time to do some catching up - I made these 2 little 8 by 8 inch paintings from 2 double exposure cyanotypes I did back in October.

  Mounted them onto a wood panel and added encaustic.
   They make sweet little paintings!

  One down 4 o5 to go...

   Take Care

   Tera

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