Quick warm up pieces

Hallo,

  We had Open House this weekend at the gallery where my art and studio are and I wanted to do some quick demo's as give aways after the demo.

   I dont normally paint encuastic onto paper but it makes for a quick warm up project sometimes and easy for quick demos.

   I used a heavy mixed media paper(next time I will probably use a heavy watercolor paper as it would be a bit more sturdy)

  About 5 layers of encaustic and then added some texture with various things. I used oil stick for color and to accent the textures and then highlighted with some pan pastels.

  Makes for a fun  way to warm up and get in the grove of painting, might be doing these more often.

   All for today - Take Care

                                                                                          Tera

 

Vase with leaves

Hallo

  Another recent experiment to show you today. Encaustic doesnt adhere well to plastic or glass  or glazed ceramic. This old ceramic vase had some chips in it so I decided to play with some plastercloth and see what happened. 

  I covered the outside of the vase with plastercloth and let it dry for a few days and then did the encaustic painting over the top of the plastercloth. Over all it worked pretty well and I am pleased with the result. May have to try some more of these sometime.

   All for today - Take Care

       Tera

 

Sweet little boxes

Hallo,

  Just a quick little post to show off a couple little wooden boxes I experimented with a couple weeks ago. 

  The boxes are about 3 inches by 4 and half inch deep. I did a bit of encaustic painting on the tops and then painted the sides gold.

  Turned out kinda cute .

  All for today - Take Care

     Tera

 

Hide and seek

Hallo,

  Just a quick post with another little driftwood encaustic piece. 

  The base is an 8 by 8 inch cradled panel with a small piece of driftwood secured to it. 

    The octopus and all coral in front are made with paper clay and painted with encaustic.

  The red fan coral behind the octopus is made from sisal rope and painted with encaustic. 

  This was a very hard piece to photograph and he looks much better in person. The octopus kinda hides in all the coral - which is of course what octopus do!!!

  All for tonight - have a great week!!

     Tera

 

Spontaneous

Hallo,

  Another purple painting for a purple themed show. I am not so sure I won't rework this one once the show is finished. I am not too sure about the items in the bottom left corner. I used a bead I made with a base of plaster cloth painted with encaustic and then covered with sari silk ribbon that was also painted with encaustic. The leaves are rice paper....

   Will have to look are her awhile and see what she might need.

   All for today

    Take Care

             Tera

   

 

Hollyhocks and Lupine

Hallo,

   Back home and back in the studio!!!

Our local Art collective had a themed show for 'purple passion' and this is one I did for that show. 

   Purple is one of my favorite colors but I don't use it all that much in my paintings, so this was a good way for me to experiment a bit with different shades of purple!!

   Encaustic wax, 8 by 8 inches on cradled wood panel, 10 by 10 inches with the float frame.

   All for today - back to the studio to play!!!

   Take Care

          Tera

 

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