Encaustic Water Painting
Encaustic and found drift wood on board. Approximately 14x11 inches. A work in progress.
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Comment by 05ue98hr2bmf9 on May 24, 2012 at 1:22am -
Janelle , its mo on mary's laptop. We are together in washington at `diana quinns house. if you want to use the clear shellac you can add the jacquard pearlescent pigments to it to make a white shellac burn . i did try white pigment powder but it wasn't as good as the pearlescent ones. graphite powder works god alo and the black pigments also.
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Comment by 05ue98hr2bmf9 on May 18, 2012 at 7:07am
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If I was you I would ask Mo. I don't make encaustic works, I'm afraid!
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Comment by Janelle Lorenzen on May 18, 2012 at 4:14am -
Thanks Mary! I have tried a shallac burn. But have only used the amber colored shellac. I'm interested in trying it with other colors. What sort of pigment do you mix with the clear shellac? I have some from earthpigments.com. Do you think they will work?
I have joined the encaustic group. I'm getting a lot out of it!
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Comment by 05ue98hr2bmf9 on May 17, 2012 at 5:58pm
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Really good result for early efforts - amazing. One way Mo, our resident encaustic queen here on LMM, gets the splash effect is by using clear shellac mixed with white pigment which she then burns back. Have you joined the encaustic group? I am sure you will find lots of help and like minded artists there.
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Comment by Janelle Lorenzen on May 17, 2012 at 5:24am
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Thank you all! I'm really still learning about encaustic and have only finished a few paintings. So getting good feedback is a huge confidence booster!
I'm thinking I want to add more texture to the whole thing. I want to waves to the blue. And somehow get more "splash" texture in the white. I'm not sure about the sand portion.... Any suggestions?
I'm excited to get back to working on it, but I have to wait until my new wax shippment comes in to do more work.
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Comment by 05ue98hr2bmf9 on May 13, 2012 at 12:22am
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Really nice progress so far, love the way you used the driftwood.
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Comment by Bronwyn Palmer on May 11, 2012 at 8:18am -
This looks great!
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