encaustic

as I prepare for my show this weekend

I found an old painting (below) that I never finished

I decided to work on it some more

rubbing on reds and brown

using a heat gun to melt and blend

it started to look like the fires burning in fort mcmurray

a little more wax and gold paint finished it off

 

stencil designs by tracy moreau

at our last visit, my friend tracy moreau, gave me a stack of her wonderful stencils

i couldn't wait to use them so i got to work on one of encaustic painting that need that

 little something to finish it off

just a subtle corner design , with a white on white effect using pan pastels

I think it finishes it off , perfect!

 thanks tracy, can't wait to play some more!

powertex, wire and beads, oh my

 

working on a special project

using powertex, beads and wire

I usually cover the wings with cheesecloth but for some reason

 I just didn't like how it was looking

after a few days of wondering what to do it hit me

why should they have to be covered, so I painted the wire wings

and looked at it for a few days , I liked it but thought it could use

a bit of sparkle

so out came the beads and wire !

wild wire project

another challenge from my friend carmi

I was given a small flower maker component from John Bead

I knew I wanted to use wire and found some seed beads to match

I used 18 gauge wire from dazzle it to make the base

 and 24 gauge wire for the rest

i just started with the "branches", 10 of green , 10 blue

then doubled them up to make 10 branches

 to fill in the gaps

it looked a bit busy but i didn't want to waste all that work so

i hit the "point of no return" and took it over the top

 

 

encaustic

working on a new series for an upcoming show

 

getting back to what I really love

texture and rusted metal

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