When you're making so many pieces you'll have no choice but to use various materials and mediums and a couple of times I've given the old beeswax painting a try. My friend Kim has used encaustic for as long as I've known her and she's just amazing at it. I've always been envious of her that way and I recently tried using it for a couple of sets.
The set done on May 16, 2013 was one of those beeswax painting attempts and I pretty much played it by ear.
The set done on May 16, 2013 was one of those beeswax painting attempts and I pretty much played it by ear.
I didn't have a proper plan at all and ended up commandeering one of Katherine's little mini-loaf baking pans to melt the wax. In the future I'll find something with a handle at least. I had to use an oven glove as I held this pan of beeswax over the stove to melt it. I played with the amounts of oil paint that I added to color the wax.
So the results of these little experiments were actually pretty nice. I used oil paintsticks to add some additional colors and I did some carving and scraping on the beeswax surface and I was really happy with the way they turned out.
I found a little stash of pieces from the set done on May 16, 2013 and I'll include them just below. And when I have time I'll post these over on the Etsy shop.
[I've already added at least one of them.]
So the results of these little experiments were actually pretty nice. I used oil paintsticks to add some additional colors and I did some carving and scraping on the beeswax surface and I was really happy with the way they turned out.
I found a little stash of pieces from the set done on May 16, 2013 and I'll include them just below. And when I have time I'll post these over on the Etsy shop.
[I've already added at least one of them.]
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