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

 

Oriental Flair - mixed media

Hallo,

   I am taking a year long art/encaustic class - 'Painting with Fire' and the class that inspired this painting was using mixed media with encaustic.

   The black are rubber stamps with black stazon ink and then the teal is stazon with a stencil. Added some lines with walnut ink and then some watercolor for the tan lower part and the flowers.

  After a couple layers of clear encaustic I added more teal leaves using the stencil with pan pastels and also used the pan pastels to add more layers to the flowers. 

  I framed it out into a float frame. It is 10 H by 8 W for the art with a bit wider for the frame.

  I am having alot of fun with this class even if I cant do much with my right arm yet - healing well after my rotator cuff surgery but am restricted on how much I can lift and certain movements.....and alas, I have to go back to work this week......

    Take Care

         Tera