More white blank A4 card, more wondering what to do. Again, the wax started to melt on the iron and unplanned strokes divulged fresh stimulus to the awaiting mind. A central structure gave information, a starting point for development, a launch pad into a dream of creative discovery. The garden found its way into my…
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Vibrational Acceleration is an A4 white card painted using just the iron. The encaustic Art wax blocks give great effects for these thin coatings of colour. The whole idea and result occurred during the working process – just remaining open and aware to what opportunities came to light as the wax was applied and moved…
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.. there I was, looking at an A4 piece of card and wondering what to do. The wax started to melt on the iron and before I knew it the card was covered. Then what? patterns, abstract, look and see what is coming into focus …. .. nothing yet … then, after more playing, stroking…
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Irises in June are a lovely sight. The National Collection of Bliss Irises – Arthur Bliss Irises : www.blissiris.co.uk – were on the list of places to go and see. Camera to hand and a lot of clicks later some great shots. But what do you do with them or with any nice photo that you like.…
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Spring is coming here in the UK and colourful flowers inspire the urge to paint and capture that brightness after all the dull winter days. These examples below are all done by colouring-over with the stylus. A photo image was printed out onto regular copy paper, then glued onto a more rigid card board –…
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A quick video clip from the Exploring Ideas title DVD of 2005 that shows a nice effective way to utilise old sponge rollers on the hotplate and create interesting results..
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A hotplate allows the card or other suitable substrate to be heated from underneath. Touch that card or surface with some hard wax colour and it melts into possibilities that are only limited by your imagination. Many things could be found, but the question becomes an individual one, a journey into your own imagination and…
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Time for another video, this time on using a more advanced technique to create a beautiful and protective wax coating using solvent paste. The image was a colouring-over printed photo taken back in the autumn of 2016. It was a lovely autumn in Wales with warm weather much of the time and that led to better…
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January 13th was out first day of Hochanda TV in 2017. An early start at 8am and then another hour at 2pm. We covered a lot of basic beginners approaches and showed a few other things to stimulate and encourage those already active in encaustic art. Both programs are available to watch online for…
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