encaustic moon

another in the cosmic series

layers of clear wax, drips and splatters

lots of rubbing with oil paints and pastels

fusing it all together

encaustic and the cosmos

 inspired by my friend ron benison

working a lot with oil pastels and the heat gun

I had fun playing and seeing what could happen

and the next thing I knew

a series of painting looking a bit like the cosmos

japanese porcelain and soutache set

another challenge from my friend carmi

using vintage porcelain beads and cabochons from john bead 

its been awhile since creating something with soutache cord by dazzle it

it took a while to get back into the rhythm

once i did , i really enjoyed letting the cord help create the design 



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