pinterest interest

 one of my favorite places for inspiration is pinterest

it is the best eye candy!

no matter what you are looking for , you can find it

art, diy, garden, sewing, how to's,

 

whenever i decide to paint ,

the first thing i think about is color scheme

design seeds has some of the best

(i have a board dedicated to color)

once i find something appealing, that's my palette

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it's great when you have to kill time waiting somewhere

i just flip through the home feed

every once and i while i see something from my blog

so cool

 this copper necklace i made 4 years ago is always poping up

and this encaustic painting  from 5 years ago

seems to be very popular

encaustic

 time for a little experimenting

spiral necklace

 my last visit to the john bead outlet sale

I picked up some interesting shaped

shell/pearl beads

i just started adding in any beads i thought would look good

a little wire and easy peasy

a pendant necklace is done

encaustic

an inspiring drive to the country

can't wait for spring

(encaustic on wood panel 12x24)

encaustic and pan pastels

the thing i love the most about painting with encaustic is

 after 15 years there is always something new to learn

last month i was visiting an artist in the distillery

joya paul , i really loved the look of her new work and

she was happy to share her process with me

pan pastels

usually i would use oil paints or oil pastels

to rub in and add color

i love the translucent effect it give to the wax

valentine necklace

going through my stash of beads i found this mixed bag

i purchased at the john bead outlet before chrismas

they had a fantastic 80% off sale 

it was a great time to stock up on a few supplies

the pearls where the best deal

encaustic

being inspired by my friend ron

i've been experimenting with his technique

of rubbing in oil sticks, heating, adding more wax

and repeating several times

working with blues and copper

i really love way these colors swirled together

creating a beautiful sky

i think i will call this one the

"aurora borealis"

12 x24

on wood panel