The end of a semester -

Here we are. Missing from our photo are Loralei and Babette. It's the end of the semester. Much wax has been painted and friendships have been formed. A very worthwhile effort.

Barbara - Windy Active


Tessa - Spirals


Tessa - Earth


Alix - No and Yes


Alix - Ds and Ws


Alix - Lay of the Land


Alix - Stripes


Alix - Surging Waters


The end . . . for now.

Encaustic Painting - open work week

This week is a continuation of last week so bring your usual suspects to work on.

Alix - Emotional Interplay


Alix - Thoughts From the Red Dot Door


Alix - Subtle Insinuations


Alix - Mask


Suzanne - World Produce


Tessa - Treetops


Tessa - Curves

Sources for Encaustic Painting, Winter 2009, BBAC

I'll add more to these as I think of them.

SOURCES

PVA (polyvinyl acetate) - I got it from Hollanders but it is in the catalog of Dick Blick, Utrechts, probably many others

anything having to do with plexiglas - Plastic Tech in Ann Arbor: 734.665.3580

beeswax - www.dadant.com

Books
The Art of Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented Wax by Joanne Mattera
Encaustic Workshop: Artistic Techniques for Working with Wax by Patricia Seggebruch

R & F Encaustic - for everything encaustic and lots of information: www.rfpaints.com

Enkaustikos: art supplies including encaustic: www.fineartstore.com

The Scrapbox in Ann Arbor for bits and pieces to use in mixed media

Blogs, websites, pages:
http://www.davisandcline.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=372
http://encausticopolis.blogspot.com
http://joannemattera.blogspot.com/
http://www.pbsartist.com/galleries.shtml
http://rfpaints.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/using-our-encaustic-gesso-for-tempera/
http://www.conradwildegallery.com/

Next Encaustic Painting Class

Hi everyone. Here are the images for last week. Below those is the information for this week. I'll post "Sources" on a separate post.

Loralei - Street Target


Loralei - Street Trash


Loralei - Street Trash 2


Tessa - Curves in progress


I don't have any demonstrations in mind so if there is anything you'd like to ask me to demonstrate, please do. If Tessa, Barbara, Suzanne and/or Babette want to bring work for a little group critique, do so.

Bring your normal encaustic load.

I'll bring:
PVA
plexi adhesive
Jon Wilson's work so you can see how he "paints with fire"

Encaustic Painting on Plexiglas

Alix - "World's Oceans"

Tessa - "Woodland"

Tessa - "Evolution"

Hi everyone. I'll demonstrate painting on plexiglas this week. The main thing here is to think in washes of sheer color. I'm told I'll be able to pick up the plexi on Wednesday. Babette, I have one 12x12 square plus cleats for you if you want it. If you don't, I'll keep it.

I plan on asking each of you what you want to do during the following 2 class periods. If you read this in time, bring in your favorite pieces of what you've done so far. They don't have to be finished. Maybe we can do a bit of a group critique and help each of you sort out where to go next.