Category Archives: mixed media
No Wax Today – Acrylics & Some Thoughts
“My daily job is to find a way out of that place, again and again and again. That’s the artist’s job, really: continually setting yourself free and giving yourself new options and new ways of thinking about things.” -Miranda July … Continue reading
Carbon & Color – more Encaustic
“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.” -Marc Chagall Today’s encaustic lesson was about mixing colors on our palette (hot griddle) and using carbon paper. This class continues to be so interesting. … Continue reading
The Daily Encaustic (Printed Paper)
This is a photo of my painting, reduced and copied onto tracing paper and then ‘glued’ on to clayboard. I added a couple of layers of wax medium. And the borders are R&F oil sticks and the bottom is an … Continue reading
The Daily Encaustic (Inclusion)
Today in my online encaustic class I learned about ‘inclusion.’ That’s adding elements to your wax. For this piece I painted an encaustic clayboard with acrylic paints thinned to water color thickness and then sanded. Then I added a couple … Continue reading
Busy Fun Week
I finished another acrylic piece this week. I’m calling it ‘Off to the Fair.’ Bob asked me why I always painted animals in different colors. I wasn’t sure how to answer that other than I think that we should always … Continue reading
Encaustic Self-Portrait
I’ve been all thumbs in my studio this week. I’m just grieving still over the loss of Merlin. He was always in the studio with me – in fact he was always with me. Monday was the first day I’ve … Continue reading
Are You An Artist?
I read two interesting blog posts lately about what makes a professional artist. Joanne Mattera posted on her blog on Monday “Who Is A Professional Artist?” and it’s a very interesting read including the comments. And Kim Radatz on her … Continue reading
What I did on Summer Vacation
I think I’ve talked about it quite a lot. This summer I quit working in clay and immersed myself in working with different mediums. I tried watercolor, guoache and casein paints - very demanding mediums that I know I don’t … Continue reading
The Daily Encaustic
“I learned that inspiration does not come like a bolt, nor is it kinetic, energetic, striving, but it comes to us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we must regularly and every day give it a little … Continue reading
Today’s Encaustic
“It’s not where you take things from – it’s where you take them to.” -Jean-Luc Goddard Encaustics is quite a challenge. It’s interesting to paint with a medium that dries so quickly. But it’s also an interesting and forgiving medium. … Continue reading
