encaustic class

today was all about trying a new color palette

and then applying them in a different order

above three boards

using taupe, sage green, blue and gold

using the heat gun and a palette knife

at the same time

to move the wax and mix the colors

sort of like frosting a on a cake

i use crumpled up wax paper on parts

of the warm wax to texture it

and rubbed in oil paint in other parts

i also added chunks of the gold oil stick

this canvas i painted blue first and then

completely covered it with gold

and tried the same technique

this canvas was gold first

then the blue and green on top

and finally gold powder mixed with oil paint

when heated

it created

an interesting

crackle/marbling effect