Joint Compound....fun stuff!

This is my first messing with joint compound and encaustic with some pastels thrown in for color. Fun stuff and learned lots!  It's 8"x8" on birch panel.  More to come!

Encaustic Landscape #1

Finally trying an encaustic landscape.  It's 8"x8" on birch.  Loved doing it and am working on another!

Industrial Series #4

Here's #4 in my new Industrial Series.  12x12 encaustic on birch panel.

The Industrial Series

These two are my latest with the rust.  I'm really loving how well the rusted paper is working.  I've got all kinds of ideas that I'll be working on!  These are both 12"x12" on birch panels.  Thanks to Pat Elliot for the name of this series...  The Industrial Series.

Trying out the new rust...

This is a little 8"x8" on birch that has a piece of the rusted paper pictured below as a foundation.  I'm really happy with how the paper towel takes on the rust and how it embeds in the wax. 
Now on to using the best pieces!  :)

Rust.....Yum!!!

I just love rust!  Judy Wise has a great technique for preparing rusty sheets for my encaustic work that I learned in my Hot Wax Workshop.  Did up a load last night.  Oh can't wait to get them in wax!

Hot Wax Class

I've been really enjoying the Hot Wax online workshop I've been taking.  Wonderful group!  Most of the stuff in week one has been a review for me, but that's always good.  I've learned some good tips and am looking forward to learning new things!

These are a few of the pieces I've done this week.

Hot Wax Workshop

Now that summer is over, I'm getting back to my encaustics.  Haven't done much since before Splash because of being so busy with work and trying to overhaul my studio...a very small room with way to many art supplies. Now that it's pretty much useable again, I'm going to take an online encaustic workshop with Judy Wise, who comes really highly recommended.  Can't wait for it to start so I can learn some of the techniques I've been wanting to try.  If you're interested in checking it out, click on the picture.

AWOL!

I've been pretty much AWOL from my blog all summer.  It's been a good one.  Had a fantastic vacation in Indian Rock Beach, FL with a group of friends from Painting Friends, a wonderful art forum.  We called it Splash....about 15 of us met for a week of painting and play.  I had a blast and can't wait to do it again!  It was all watercolor, something I haven't done in quite awhile.  Didn't do too bad.  The crystal bowl of berries is my favorite of the week that I did.  It's from a demo by PF member Mollie Jones. I filmed all the demos so if you'd like to see them, go to YouTube and search for PaintingFriends.com.  There is also a portrait demo by Bob Hague.  Really good and worth watching.

The appletini is called Deb's Delight.  I had one one night when we all were out to dinner.  Everyone loved how it looked so we snapped some pics and several on PF have painted it. 

Old Hymn Series

This one is encaustic collage on 12"x12" cradled birch with graphite, oil stick and old hymn book pages.