Here’s my last video in my Birthday Blessings series! Hope you have enjoyed getting a sneak peak into my process!
Fun Mixed Media Techniques with Encaustics and Texture
Onto our next week with the Birthday Blessings Project! This video shows how to add layers of wax, how to scrape away layers, and how to make indentions in the wax and then fill it with R&F pigment sticks. So fun!
Fun Mixed Media Techniques: Encaustics with Pan Pastels & Mica Powders
It is week 3 and time for another encaustic technique video! This one will explore using pan pastels and mica powders to add color to the encaustic layer. The pan pastels that I used are tints which means that they are all pastels. Pan pastels also come in full saturated colors and metallics.
The mica powders are from USArtquest. They are a small business located in Michigan and online. The mica powders come in a wide variety of colors and have many uses.
Enjoy this video!
Fun Mixed Media Techniques Painting with Encaustics & Collage
Welcome back to week 2 of the Blessings Project! This week I’ll be showing you how to start your encaustic pieces. This video will demonstrate the first 3-4 layers of encaustic medium and fusing but the remainder pieces I will complete offline and then just work on different techniques on each piece.
Collage using music paper and red tissue paper will be shown.
Let me know if you have any questions on any of the techniques!
Encaustic Art Blessings Project
I am starting a new project called Blessings. I am going to do a video each week documenting my process. This is my first video so please be kind!
The cutting with an X-acto knife was much more difficult than I was expecting! I got them all completed (a little wabi sabi) but I love the first marks on each of these.
Just a little background about how I chose black alcohol ink for my lettering. In order to use encaustic medium on a piece, it needs to have an absorbent ground.
The illustration board is absorbent, but if I were to start my lettering with acrylic paint that substrate would no longer be absorbent. Alcohol ink is still absorbent and you could also use india ink, charcoal or even watercolors as an underlayer before you add the encaustic wax.
If you didn’t want to use illustration board, you could use a cradled wood panel or even a piece of raw recycled wood. You could use a piece of watercolor paper but it would need to be adhered to a rigid surface. Wax is heavy and it would weigh down a surface that is not rigid.
Start your own mixed media project! Use the supplies that you have on hand to make your first marks. We’ll start next week with our first technique.