Encaustic
Encaustic Workshop at Majestic Ranch, Boerne TX
I spent this past weekend with ten other members of the Austin group of Texas Wax in an encaustic painting workshop at Majestic Ranch in Boerne, TX. Boerne is a lovely little Hill Country town located not too far from San Antonio.
Early Saturday morning, I met up with the other Texas Wax artists in the hilltop classroom for the two day, all-day workshop. It was wonderful -- kind of like being back in advanced studio classes at art school -- each of us working on our own creative projects, and meanwhile chatting with other members of our art tribe. See full post »
New Website and Blog for Texas Wax Encaustic Artists
I'm pleased to announce that the encaustic group I belong to, Texas Wax, has just unveiled their new website and blog -- designed jointly by artist and web guru extraordinaire Haley Nagy and yours truly. Please feel free to check it out while we continue getting our artists added to the site. See full post »
Fused Expressions Opening and Show
Texas WAX Austin Artists First Exhibit at Bay6 Gallery and Studios
What a great opening! So many people showed up, and once again, Sharon had some of my work very prominently displayed, for which I feel deeply honored! The yellow poppy paintings on the front wall are mine. View some random photos from the event (click on the thumbnails): See full post »How to Paint with Encaustics
The process of painting in encaustic entails heating up the paint - which is a combination of refined beeswax, resin and pigment - until the paint mixture melts, then quickly brushing the strokes of paint onto a surface before the wax hardens -- which takes no time at all.* Usually, I can get only 1-3 strokes onto my surface before the wax solidifies. So, it's dip and stroke, dip and stroke, over and over and over until you've covered a portion of the surface, at least. See full post »
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Snippet of painting: "Tornado - Erie, KS - November 27, 2005" Encaustic on Masonite 10" x 8" © 2007 Marilyn Fenn
Sometimes I feel like I ought to have those horrible flashing red and yellow banners on my art site, proclaiming the words that I sometimes get as compliments on my work. But I won't, because it would be tasteless and annoying to do so. At the very least.
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