In the last post I mentioned about printing simple blocks using a Gel Press with thin acrylic paints. This introduction led me onto exploring a little more deeply how prints might be enhanced using the Stylus and encaustic art wax block colours. The printed acrylic paints can be over-printed many times, but their colour value…
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Time for a creative change, so Michael Bossom and Barbara Gray decided to do a skill swap on Hochanda – live action in one another’s creative specialities. It turned into a lot of fun, not always plain sailing, but always interesting and fun. Below are the links to the 2 programs. I worked forward and…
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Back on Hochanda with something a bit different. This time Michael is working together with Barbara Gray of Clarity Stamps – the lady who invented clear stamping (and much more). They will be looking together at various things including Gel Press (simple printing with acrylic paints) and Encaustic Art from Starter Set to hotplate. It…
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First Show with the lovely Kathryn Sturrock who was presenting with Encaustic Art for the first time. It is always good to have a new person looking and asking about our wax melting art form. Second Show hour of the day with Dave Bradford who has helped us present Encaustic Art for many years now.…
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A little more time on the screens to share our love of the Encaustic Arts.
It’s always a big discussion – what is art? Is any painting art? Is any creation art? Is there a way to clearly identify art and separate it from not-art? It’s an old question with ever changing answers, none of which really want to be put under a scientists inspection. Here are a few definitions…
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A few new videos that can help to inspire ideas of how to work with different tools have been created and put on the video page. There is a small gallery at the bottom too. An A5 white card using the Encaustic Art wax block colours and working mostly with the white sponge block. Doodling…
DetailsAnother couple of hours on Hochanda where we were demonstrating the 4 Sponge Set and Rubber Comb for the first time on TV. This is the first hour originally shown at 8am on January 7th 2019. *Remember that on the rewind screen you can skip along the timeline and just watch the bits that interest…
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A short video by Michael that looks at work onto an A5 white card, initially created on the Compact Hotplate, then developed and completed with much more detail using the Stylus Pro tool. The great thing about work like this is that there is a lot of opportunity for adaptation, evolution and enhancement of the…
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Just a short little film using a bit of torn card edge to move and add effect to some molten wax on an A5 white card. Simple tools are often so valuable and always available. Happy New Year. Wishing for a super creative 2019!
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