Grays, Saba V, 2nd entry

This piece painted with gesso and white acrylic paint 

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Entered into Saba V sale at Delaware Contemporary Art Museum, on July 9, 2019, 6 to 9 pm. 

All Sabas V pieces are six inch square, costing $25, 

All pieces are artist's donations. Artists receive no money

Flowers In Pot

latest wax encaustic class piece,
done with canvas panel, wax paper,
gesso, random magazine page 
and Tempera paint

Apple

I've started taking a wax encaustic painting class again, at the Osher Lifelong Learning Center, at the University of Delaware. I tried taking it last year, but had to quit, due to scheduling conflict. We're studying it under Ms Cesarine, using her book, 

Waxing & Waning: the Art of Mediatative Painting, by Petra Cesarine

It's done with a canvas board, an old magazine page, tempera paint, the first time I ever used such paint, gesso, wax paper and a two inch brush.

Apply gesso to the board, then cover it with the magazine page and cover that with gesso. You then apply your wax paper to that mess. eventually you can remove the wax paper and the wax will stick and you can begin painting. It's a little more complicated than that, but that's the basic.

So far, under her direction, I made this apple, which I'm rather proud of. I think it looks pretty good.

Ghostly Woman, Seated

Not my best. Just needed something for my background

Back & White Acrylic Paint On Watercolor Crayon

Black & White Acrylic Paint On Watercolor Crayon, Spread By Gesso

Acrylic Paint On Watercolor Crayon

 

Acrylic paint, applied with a string, on top of watercolor crayon, spread with gesso

Streaks 10

This piece done with red acrylic on top of blue and green watercolor crayon smeared with gesso

Grape Jelly Streaks

This picture started with watercolor crayon drawn on the canvas, spread with gesso, and covered with iridescent violet and purple acrylic paint. I then scraped it with a painting knife, making vertical streaks, and added horizontal streaks with black acrylic.

 

Odd Tree