encaustic

in last weeks class i cleaned several old boards

creating one new one

with one of the newly cleaned  boards i created the above

covering the board with old book pages and a ticket stub

for the first layer i used a "glaze" of ocher

allowing the text to show throw the wax

then i started building the texture

using a grid stencil in the center

and alternating red and white wax

using the heat gun to smooth out a few spots and

to highlite the texture i rub in some burnt umber oil paint

and remove the excess from the top