encaustic class

with only a few more classes left

i start to panic

all the things i want to get done before then

last spring i had this little visitor

a rose-breasted grosbeak

i dreamt of this great idea using this image

and every time i tried it, it just didn't work

so i just decided to "not think about it"

i just started adding the wax over a photo transfer

so far i like it

i also worked on a larger version of a previous piece

up until now, most of my work has been no larger than 10x10

this piece is 12x16

i could only scan it in parts

the top is of the sky

i decided to use the heat gun to smooth it out

and got a little carried away

sometimes a mistake can lead to something cool