Showing posts with label always learning something new.... Show all posts
Showing posts with label always learning something new.... Show all posts

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Playing with Encaustic

We've been recovering from Hurricane Irene.  We were without electricity for about 3 days, but suffered no real damage.  What a blessing!
 Before the storm I had been reading a "how to" book, The Encaustic Workshop, by Patricia B. Seggebruch.  This is a wonderful book about a method I have been so intrigued by.  I began by reading it cover to cover.  Patricia makes the process seem so easy.  It really isn't complicated, but I am finding the wax clumping a bit.  Perhaps I don't have it hot enough... I am using a crock pot, and I didn't splurge on the bee's wax.  I will go ahead and take her advice and get a hot griddle to set the temperature correctly, and purchase some bee's wax (much more expensive than the alternative).  Love the ability to lay in layers floating between wax.  You can lay in paper, writing, and all kinds of goodies.... I found my muse!  If only I could find a bit of time to play!!!!!

Monday, February 8, 2010

Bird watercolored and manipulated with Photo Draw...


I painted up this bird a while ago. I was just playing with that whole Fraktur style...I scanned it into my Photo Draw program...I know, I know that program is old! But I swear I LOVE it. I am too busy to learn Photo shop. Anyway, I loved how this turned out. Do you like to take simple art projects of your own and play with them like this? I'd love to hear about them, and see what you're up to. If not, why not try it?