Encaustic Show

Friday night was the opening of the show at the BBAC for the students of Chris McCauley.  I am taking an Encaustic class from her.  It was not a juried show - but Chris invited some of here current and past students to participate.  She let me put two of my pieces in the show which you can see here.  I love playing with color.

Another Encaustic Monotype Workshop

Took another workshop in encaustic monotypes with Leslie Sobel.  I believe I like this technique better than the other type.  I found the following description on the internet.


The Encaustic Monotype is an innovative, contemporary process and a painterly approach to printmaking. This process is experimental, freeing, and has been used successfully with a range of imagery and styles. The encaustic monotype combines the ancient painting medium of encaustic with the popular monotype process. Encaustic sticks (beeswax and pigment in solid form) are used to draw on a heated metal plate. The wax melts instantly and is manipulated with brushes and other tools. Absorbent paper is laid on the plate, the back is rubbed, and the image is transferred to the paper by hand.


I decided to try a couple pieces with color combinations that I do not usually use.  You can see a sample of what I did.

Discovering Encaustic

Took a workshop today at the BBAC on encaustic collage taught by Leslie Sobel.  It was a wonderful workshop.  She provided all the materials but I did bring a couple things to potentially incorporate.  I used a picture of my grandparents and used other papers and colored wax on a small collage.

You can see a link to Leslie's web site at http://lesliesobel.com