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| "Winter Fern" - Encaustic painting (35x25cm, paper & wax on board) |
Experimenting with encaustics is full of surprises. This new work involves shellac (left side) which actually didn't turn out as I would have liked it. It didn't create these large crates and web patterns - don't know what went wrong.
On the right side, my first trial of photo transfer, using a photocopy of a picture of the wonderful Karl Blossfeldt. Not easy to find a photocopy machine doing laser prints, as my inkjet copies wouldn't do the trick.
I made some incisions with sharp old dentist's instrument, filled them up with burnt umber oilpaint, put on a layer of medium, and finally collaged in the music. Although I'm not quite sure about this last bit, maybe I'll take it away again. It's there thanks to a musician friend, a cellist, who recognised two cello necks instead of the ferns.
4 comments:
What a beautiful red! Encaustic like most materials can be full of surprises,, good and not so good...this one good!
Thank you, Blue Sky...
Even without the webbing of the shellac burn, I still like what happened in the red with its deep and rich variations.
Thank you, Bridgette, that's very kindly said... However I would love to know how to create these shellac textures!
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