I really, really do need to wait until tomorrow to let this dry before putting encaustic on it – just on the polka-dotty parts. The cow is already varnished with a glossy medium. That helped her look more like she was painted in oil. Ok – I’ll go to bed and get up early tomorrow morning to milk her, I mean cover her with beeswax.
Working Bigger – in the Collage Style
Here’s the base of the painting – Cow 2805 – ready for the mixed media collage part over it.
Prints with Akua Inks
Today’s experiment was a set of four prints using the collagraph technique and Akua soy-based inks that came by way of today’s UPS driver. He can’t quite figure out why I’m smiling so much when he arrives. Because he always has something new and fun for me to play with!
Painting for Yesterday
This might be called: Fishies Whisper Secrets in His Ear, Mixed Media/Collage on Board, 18×24
Boxes All Done
I had a wonderful Saturday doing all the embellishments on the boxes. I have 25 done, so 5 more to go to get to 30. I am very happy with them. Each one has something special inside as well as outside.
I used the DIY tutorial for making a photography light box and lit the set with two 500W halogen work lights from the hardware store. I still need to figure out how to get my Canon 40D (did I mention how much I LOVE my camera?!) to do fill flash even when there is plenty of side lighting in the shot. This would enhance the front lighting and eliminate some of the shadows to the sides that I couldn’t get rid of because of the light positioning.
Here are a few of my favorite boxes; see them all here on Picasa Web Albums.
