My explorations with wax continue, this time with more of an eye on composition than sheer experimentation. I am still, however, using a combination of crayons and encaustic (wax) paints. Shown below are some 6" x 6" pieces done on encausticboard, which is essentially a rigid piece of artist-quality masonite, uncradled and primed on one side with gesso.
I spent some time first painting the panels with oil paints, and then applied the melted wax with paintbrushes, Catalyst tools, and tjaps (one of which is pictured below.)
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After applying layers of wax, I would then take the piece to another table and use my hairdryer to move the wax around a little, giving it texture and helping to expose the multiple layers of color.
I am using an electric griddle to melt the wax, and also letting the tjap sit directly on the griddle to heat up so I can either impress it directly into the wax on the panels, or to pick up wax from the griddle surface and impress it onto the panels.
I have another tjap on the way to me from an ebay vendor, and I will pick up larger encausticboards to create bigger pieces of art.
Also becoming fascinated with new mediums, the piece below is painted strictly with oil paints.
Today as I am blogging, my husband is installing a new "painting wall" in my studio. I will show each step of that in my next post. In the meantime, happy creating!
2 comments:
Judi, your encaustics pieces are beautiful! It looks like you have been having a LOT of fun. Keep it up!
I agree with Lisa....these pieces are beautiful! I would like to know if you are using something to help the oil paints dry faster?
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