Thursday, July 19, 2012

Swimming - Encaustic

This is another encaustic I did in the workshop where the technique was embedding.  After laying down several layers of wax and doing some painting on the different layers, I embedded objects into one wet wax layer.  A final thin wax layer was then added to make sure everything was secure and not going to pop off.  Encaustics should be viewed "live".  It's very difficult to represent them accurately in photos.  Once again, these are not great works of art by any stretch, but an opportunity to try a new medium.  With much practice they CAN be beautiful pieces.  Not there yet!  Ha

4 comments:

Vicki Brevell said...

Email from Jane sent 7/19/12:

But you’re getting close! I hope I get to see this “under the sea” rendition soon. Good job!

Vicki Brevell said...

Email from Carol sent 7/19/20:

You have a fresh and wonderful imagination. That's a darling piece. :)

Vicki Brevell said...

Email from Bobbie sent 7/19/12:

Looks like something I did many years ago in Vacation Bible School. ; ) Okay, not really.

Vicki Brevell said...

Email from Glenda sent 7/20/12:

I like this. It is really cute. I bet it was fun to make.

Glenda