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

Iris Mania

Hallo,

   And just to show that I am still doing some painting in the studio, this one I finished up over the weekend.

  This panel is on its third (and last) rendition.....I had done 2 other paintings on this panel - well started them, didnt like them, set it aside, came back to it and started over...

   I used some drawings from and old flower book printed onto tissue paper as an under drawing. In the first picture you can see the drawings and I was starting to color the background with pan pastels.

  Pictures 3, 4 and 5 show the progression of one of the bigger iris.

  The last 3 pictures are of the finished painting.

Encaustic wax with pan pastels and a bit of oil sticks. It measures 12 inches wide by 24 inches tall.

   All for today - Have a great Monday ya'll.

                                                                                            Tera

 

Sunset Iris

Hallo,

  Another cyanotype with encaustic painting for you today. I started with another iris print - first picture.

I glued it to a wood panel and added several layers of encaustic medium.

   This time I colored the Iris with pan pastels - second pic is the coloring in progress. The pan pastels work very well with the wax, giving the iris more of a watercolor feel to it.

   The last 2 pics are the finished painting. It will be framed in a black float frame eventually(I ran out of studio time this last weekend - hadda go back to that work thing ).

   All for today - Take Care

       Tera