I've been in Creative Mode recently. I bought some shelving that could also become a work bench/desk for my studio. Last time I wrote about the Gouache paints I bought. This time I wanted to share with you a sneak peak of my Encaustic paintings. Recently I was able to go to a fellow artist Toni Putnam's studio and get a feel for painting with wax to see if I even liked it. As you can see it left quite an impression on me. I've done three paintings with the wax and oil pastels so far and I am in love.
It's taking a little while to get used to a completely different medium and I'm reminded of why I started Watercolor in the first place.
- I'm an extremely impatient person. I like it to be dry, now. I like it to look good, now. I don't like to wait for things to dry, cool or cure.
- I am a perfectionist when it comes to my work. If it isn't perfect I will work it till it is. With a medium such as oil, acrylic or encaustic I am able to go over a painting again and again, scraping away what I don't like and putting back in what I want. This makes for a very very long process. With watercolor I HAVE to stop, or I will over work the piece. I suppose this sort of painting is similar but instead of losing whites (as in watercolor) I can overwork a painting to the point it's fussy and stiff.
- Lastly, I am very messy when I work. Watercolor cleans up nicely. I might get some salt on the floor of the studio but big whoop. I spill hot wax on my husband's 2005 Championship, Illini basketball sweatshirt and it's a different story. (I got it out by the way with a soft paper towel and an iron).
So aside from those things I still love the encaustic's and it won't hurt me to try to learn to be patient, forgiving and neat. hehe.
