Wax On Wednesday - Three

Happy hump day! It's Wednesday and time to show you my third go at Encaustic Wax landscapes. I am getting faster at it now, and thought it was time to start adding more detail. Hope you enjoy, and again BIG THANKS for all the words of encouragement!!!

Pops of pink flowers here, and I love how the Encaustic Iron dragged the wax on the water part to make it look like ripples and reflections! With encaustics you never know what you will get while using the iron, and I just like to go with it....what ever shows up I try to work with!

I added drops of wax to make the flowers and foliage in the foreground this time. The texture is wonderful on this Autumn like piece. AND... I finally got the hang of making birds a little better.

Rubbing away wax to make room for water is definitely my new favorite. I love that you never know what you will get with this technique. Dragonflies still need help, but are getting somewhat better.

Next week, I am going to be showing you a step out on one of the pieces...at least I hope I can remember to take photos. Stay tuned! Again...huge thanks on all the comments!

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Distress Specialty Stamping Paper	Purple Cows Melt Iron	Purple Cows Primary Colors Wax	Purple Cows Wax in Snow White	Purple Cows Wax in Blizzard Sky
Purple Cows Wax in Spiced Hot Chocolate	Purple Cows Wax in Glass Bottle	Purple Cows Wax in Firefly	Purple Cows Wax in Salsa Blush	Purple Cows Wax in Deep Sea Spearmint
Purple Cows Wax in Sugar Baby	Purple Cows Wax in Spring Lawn	Purple Cows Wax in Cherry Cola

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Wax On Wednesday - Two

Hey hey hey!!! A warm welcome to the second Wax On Wednesday...pun intended! A BIG thanks for all the comments on the first Wax On Wednesday!!! I loved all the feedback and appreciate you all so much! 

The excitement for me is still huge on my second day of making encaustic wax scenes. I played around a lot more after watching more videos on Encaustic TV. They make it look so easy, but I have to say Day 2 was a little easier for me as I am getting the hang of the iron. I hope you enjoy these.

It's difficult to see this, but there are layers of tissue paper and Tissue Wrap along with Encaustic Medium. You can actually see the layers on top of each other upon close up inspection, like 3D. It's very cool.

This is a simple scene with the wax tree and grass, and the sky is Dylusions. It resists the wax.

I used the Mini Melt Iron to make these flowers and used Dylusions for the background.

A simple desert scene. I am still learning to make lines for trees and plants.

I love making a monochromatic scene with the wax. It's really fast to do as well. I think I made this one in about 2 minutes.

I watched the video on the fantasy scenes and then made this. Another quick make, and learning to make reflections in water was so interesting.

This is my favorite scene so far. I rubbed the wax away to make the stream, and then rubbed blue wax on with my finger.

My husband is taking this to his office. It's not often he likes something I make so much he steals it. I still need practice making dragonflies, but the colors and textures on this is great.

Thanks again for looking and commenting. I'll be back again next week!

Supplies:

Maya Road Tabbed 5x5 Chipboard Album	Idea-ology Tissue Wrap Paper in Melange	Purple Cows Wax Kit with Encaustic Clear Medium	Purple Cows Melt Iron	Purple Cows Wax in Deep Sea Spearmint
Purple Cows Wax in Salsa Blush	Purple Cows Wax in Firefly	Purple Cows Wax in Glass Bottle	Purple Cows Wax in Spiced Hot Chocolate	Purple Cows Wax in Blizzard Sky
Purple Cows Wax in Snow White	Purple Cows Primary Colors Wax	Purple Cows Wax in Sugar Baby	Tim Holtz Distress Specialty Stamping Paper	Dylusions Ink Spray in Vibrant Turquoise

I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!