February 2008 Archives
Black Vase on Windowsill
Encaustic, collage and oil pastel on canvas
12" x 12"
$250 SOLD
It's been so long since I posted any new paintings! But I'm pleased with this one. It is highly textured with many layers of collage (mostly hidden now) and encaustic, followed by oil pastel.
Encaustic is a painting technique that combines color pigment with hot wax. The semi-liquid mixture of materials painted on to a wooden panel or other support and then fused to the surface with heat.
I use an old household iron to melt and fuse my pigment and wax. I also have a small "quilter's iron" for finer details. The red flowers were made by simply holding a red wax crayon against the iron and letting it drip onto the painting. The white details are oil pastel applied after the encaustic had cooled and hardened.
Encaustic, collage and oil pastel on canvas
12" x 12"
It's been so long since I posted any new paintings! But I'm pleased with this one. It is highly textured with many layers of collage (mostly hidden now) and encaustic, followed by oil pastel.
Encaustic is a painting technique that combines color pigment with hot wax. The semi-liquid mixture of materials painted on to a wooden panel or other support and then fused to the surface with heat.
I use an old household iron to melt and fuse my pigment and wax. I also have a small "quilter's iron" for finer details. The red flowers were made by simply holding a red wax crayon against the iron and letting it drip onto the painting. The white details are oil pastel applied after the encaustic had cooled and hardened.