encaustic

one of the many paintings i created on my week on the bay

i was inspired by a simple color palette of blues and greens

which lead to adding some white and grey

and then a transfer of one of my tree photos

a few details of the great texture created with the wax

 

 as the cool weather showed up

my mind went to winter

above i created lots of texture using plastic mesh and a circle stencil 

and a small iron to smooth out the sky

a week of painting

i'm feeling truly bless and grateful to have a wonderful friend who owns this

fantastic cottage on georgian bay

 

it was a perfect week of painting, waking up to the sunrise, walks on the beach,

 naps, the constant sound of the waves , driving the back roads taking photos

no worries and a little r & r

 

the best view for inspiration and Sidney (bottom right) was great company

i finished 13 painting with 2 more in the works

 

a sneak peak at all the wonderful texture i created

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as soon as i go through over 500 hundred photos

i will post again

KLIK collaboration

klik© - A New Metal Complex

DIY Program Featuring the 
Ideal Blank Bezel for Resin Crafters!

featuring 50 artist and there creations

check them out on the resin crafts blog

and all the components at metal complex

 

 

for one of my submissions i knew i was going to use wire

but needed todrill some holes in the KLIK bezel first

using 3 8 inch pieces of 12 gauge aluminum wire

 it was easy to weave the wire through the holes

looping and interlocking along the way

adding gold beads with  18 gauge wire

i filled the bezel with resin clay and added gold micro beads

and a metal bee on top

 



and of course i had to try out a few more ideas

the next thought was to get out the soutache cord  beads and pearls

 



soutache challange

i love how some things just evolve

my friend carmi gave me some glass beads by dazzle-it

not really my color scheme but I was up for the challenge

I finally decided on black, grey and hot pink

after encasing 3 beads in soutache cord i took a break

when i came back all the cords where pushed to one side

and i though "why not do something asymmetrical?"

when i finished one side i was liking how it was turning out

but stumped on what to do for the other side

it would look to busy if i matched the otherside

so i went looking for inspiration on pinterest

something there will help me problem solve

and sure enough i found a fiber necklace that was sectioned into

3 different colors, left side, middle and right side

that got me thinking,  i don't have to use all three colors

so i picked black

and added a few gold beads

i love how it turned out!

 

 

i love instagram

a wonderful summer in review

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powertex sculpture

"Benjamin"

one of the European plaster heads  offered from powertex  is " Jonas"

he is so serene looking and I decided to make him as an angel

using ivory powertex , cotton tshirt , cheesecloth and wire for the wings  

 

encaustic with dynasty brushes

my friend Tracy Moreau sent me this wonderful package 

a large assortment of Dynasty brushes

I couldn't wait to try them out

each brush worked differently in the wax

creating lots of interesting textures

and the bristles , so far,  have held up to the heat!!

 

 

"fallen"

encaustic on wood panel

12x24