encaustic class

i just love how i start with one idea or intention

and then, with the magic of an iron or heat gun

the wax moves you in a whole other direction

happy accidents

i started out with several shades of caramel

rubbed in some green and umber oil paint

using waxed paper and an iron

i smoothed, moved, created bubbles

added more wax and oil paint

and then used the heat gun

finally a little more oil paint

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i haven't decide if i'll add a photo

but definitely i will use this texture

for my photoshop class

this time i added some square pasta

flattened it with wax paper and the iron

the gaps with the pasta created a lot more bubbles

the red oil paint really shows them off

here i was tried to re-created a "rust" effect

i used loose leaf tea and brown wax to create some texture

layers of several shades of blue

and finally a little copper powder