autumn and shadow shot sunday

Winter is an etching,
spring a watercolor,
summer an oil painting and
autumn a mosaic of them all.

~Stanley Horowitz

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leaves floating in a stream

in the shadow of trees

photo taken in owen sound, ontario

baby it cold outside!

as much as i love the fall

i don't like what it brings

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this morning

waiting for my car to heat up

i snapped this shot of my windshield

encaustic class

my encaustic class mate, ron

has this wonderful style and ability

to "see" something in the wax

he uses the heat gun a lot

( which is one thing i haven't experimented with enough)

i got to work along side him and

learn his technique

what fun!!!

we worked with 2 boards and the same
2 colours of wax
just layered them in different orders
heat, add oil paint
heat some more , add some wax
heat some more
added more paint
etc....................
something very calming about the whole process
reminded me of the water
ron saw a coral reef
so, when i got home i decided to
see what they would look like with
one of my photos on top


this photo, taken a few weeks ago on lake simcoe
the sun was reflecting off the rocks
looks really cool on the background




this shot was from my california trip a few years ago
it works well with the "whirl pool"

switching gears too!!!!

now that the yarn is under

lock and key

my beanie has switched gears too

i don't think the toilet paper had a chance

after a hard days work!

good thing she's cute

happy hallowe'en

my favorite part is watching

horror movies

i've seen every "halloween" movie this week

even the re-make

which scared the pants off me!!

but i think the love the original one the best

my all time favorite is watching

vampire movies

especially if they include a werewolf!

tonight i will watch all the

"underworld " movies

above are a few shots from a local store
they work great for
shadow shot sunday

encaustic class

sometimes i start with an idea

and then totaly get off track

but that's what class is for

learning new techniques

and experiencing "happy accidents"

not sure exactly what i was going for

but ended up with the above work

a photo from my country road trip a few weeks ago

i guess the "gold" represents the corn field

the sky was created with the heat gun

(which i don't use enough)

so i think i like the contrast of the smooth and rough

just not sure if i like the colour combo??

this one started out simple

but then i decided to add a little bit more

did i go too far???

switching gears

it's been since the spring that i've made any jewelry

i've been so busy with my encaustic class and yarn

that i thought it was time for a little change

i've had so many ideas running through my head

and since christmas is less then 9 weeks away

i got a little carried away this weekend

24 necklaces so far

it was a gorgeous day today

i tried taking photos out side but kept

getting a glare from all the silver

my scanner wasn't any better

so sorry about the quality of the photos