Last night I watched Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch's DVD 'Encaustic Collage Workshop'. I love it when I am able to pick up new techniques from a DVD in the comfort of my studio!
Besides having an excellent introduction in the beginning third of the workshop re tools and using/creating beautiful encaustic paint colors from oil paint and R&F Paint Sticks, the video showed me how to finish off the sides of my encaustic painting panels and how to glue 2 panels together with gorilla glue to get a stacked effect. Patricia also gives a demonstration of how to install eye hooks and wire to make your encaustic painted panels gallery ready!
My favorite demonstrations on the DVD were when Patricia shows how to do paper transfers and rub-ons to add surface interest, how to use an oil stick to highlight texture incised into the wax surface and how to stain the wax with the same proceedure, then in the extras at the end of the workshop she shows her signiture shellac burn with beautiful powder pigmented shellac.
All of her demonstrations were very informative for me and inspirational. I'm looking forward to trying her paper collaging techniques out later this week...
Tristina :)
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Submitted to BAG Landscapes Show
On Friday I submitted 4 encaustic wax pieces to the Broward Art Guild's Landscapes show. This is a juried show, so I'm not sure how many will make it in!?!?
One of the pieces I created at the workshop while in NY at R&F Paints...it reminded me of tree bark, so I created 2 other tree bark paintings to go along with it for the show. The 4th is an underwater scene with 20 different layers of wax featuring jellyfish that I drew, colored and transfered onto the wax at different depths.
Below are some pictures of the process; I'll show you the finished piece(s) that get into the show after the opening reception June 4th being held at the new home of the Broward Art Guild at 3280 NE 32nd Street. Very Exciting!!!
One of the pieces I created at the workshop while in NY at R&F Paints...it reminded me of tree bark, so I created 2 other tree bark paintings to go along with it for the show. The 4th is an underwater scene with 20 different layers of wax featuring jellyfish that I drew, colored and transfered onto the wax at different depths.
Below are some pictures of the process; I'll show you the finished piece(s) that get into the show after the opening reception June 4th being held at the new home of the Broward Art Guild at 3280 NE 32nd Street. Very Exciting!!!
This is a detail of the wax painting I did at R&F Paints titled 'Chestnut'.
Detail of recent wax painting titled 'Birch'. Lots of surface texture here.
My photo and pictures from the internet of Jellyfish, my drawings colored with Pan Pastels and Colorsoft pencils, and a sample painting I did trying out different media to see what I wanted to put in my final painting.
The underwater painting titled 'Teeming' in process... There are already 5 jellyfish transferred into this picture on different layers of wax! Because the wax was warm when the picture was taken the surface is cloudy. After the painting cures (several days to weeks depending on how many layers of wax there are) the wax layers will become translucent and give the water depth illusion I'm going for.
Hope some of you can make it to the show opening next Saturday from 6-9pm. I will be going straight from the Artist as an Entreprenuer class at ArtServe being given by the Broward County Cultural Division . They will be teaching: Career Planning for Artists, Developing a Brand, Pricing, Understanding Customers, Building a Product Mix, Identifying Useful Resources, Writing a Business Plan, Working with Lenders, A session with Successful Artrepreneurs, etc. It"s not too late to sign up for this class if you are interested...simply register online at www.broward.org/arts and select workshops. The fee is a very reasonable $100 total for 4 Saturday classes (all in June).
I watched a new Encaustic Workshop video today and will give you a review of it tomorrow.
Tristina :)
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Hanging at Java Boys
Very Exciting! I am hanging a show of my PaperScapes (colored paper artwork) and Fossil paintings at Java Boys Coffee House in Wilton Manors today (Wed) through the Broward Art Guild. The works will be up for 4 to 6 weeks and available for purchase. Feels soooooo good to have my first solo public showing!
Here's a peek at a few of the pieces I will have in the show:
Here's a peek at a few of the pieces I will have in the show:
In my kitchen putting on the finishing touches.
Elements (these colors look Amazing in person!)
Oceans - just reminded me of being on the water in St Thomas, USVI
Stormy Fields - this reminds me of an impending storm.
Moon Fields - Samantha thought it looked like being on the moon in this painting.
And, one of my favorites: Lavender Fields. :)
I'll post details re a date / time for a reception so you can come take a look at my work at Java Boys! Look forward to seeing you all.
Tristina
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Colorful Hearts and Paintings
It was such a joy Thursday to spend the afternoon with my girls, Samantha and Devon, in my studio. I was making hearts for the Great American Beach Festival being held on Fort Lauderdale beach May 28th while Samantha was doing school work and Devon was reading/helping me with painting.
Here are the results of what I made that day:
I still have lacquer and crystals to add to the hearts, but they will be done in time for next weekend's show.
In the mean time, I have also been working on the paintings that are coming about as a result of the paper coloring I was doing earlier in the week. Here are what they look like so far (I still have repairs to do to holes that inevitably happen as I glue the papers down to canvas):
Here are the results of what I made that day:
In the mean time, I have also been working on the paintings that are coming about as a result of the paper coloring I was doing earlier in the week. Here are what they look like so far (I still have repairs to do to holes that inevitably happen as I glue the papers down to canvas):
Ascention
Tempest
Field of Poppies
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Makin' Paper!
It was a beautiful sunny South Florida day yesterday, so I was outside on my dock watching the boats go by and making colorful sky dyes papers (inspired by Mickey Lawler's book for coloring fabric, 'SkyDyes'). Here's a peek at the process...
The bright sun dries the watery acrylic paints within 2 hours, so I can make more than one batch in a day. Yesterday I made 2 large sheets (22"x30") on rice papers that I had gotten at Utrecht on Saturday and one sheet of 20"x20" on tissue. Over the next few days I will use Golden's Soft Gloss Medium to adhere them to canvases and fill in any tears with NeoColorII water soluable wax pastel crayons. Don't worry, I'll take pictures and show the finished paintings here when they're done!
The Broward Art Guild has a coffee shop sporting blank walls to fill with paintings for sale, so I'm making these to put on their walls for the month of June. Feels good to have my paintings 'out there' for folks to see.
Tristina :)
The bright sun dries the watery acrylic paints within 2 hours, so I can make more than one batch in a day. Yesterday I made 2 large sheets (22"x30") on rice papers that I had gotten at Utrecht on Saturday and one sheet of 20"x20" on tissue. Over the next few days I will use Golden's Soft Gloss Medium to adhere them to canvases and fill in any tears with NeoColorII water soluable wax pastel crayons. Don't worry, I'll take pictures and show the finished paintings here when they're done!
The Broward Art Guild has a coffee shop sporting blank walls to fill with paintings for sale, so I'm making these to put on their walls for the month of June. Feels good to have my paintings 'out there' for folks to see.
Tristina :)
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Crazy Woman in Michael's!
OK, so the CRAZY woman in Michael's today was ME!!! They are having their 50% off gallery wrapped canvases sale through tomorrow aaaaaaaand I have a 20% off everything (including sale items) Friends & Family coupon, so I went to town buying sale canvases small and large (to stretch myself to work big ;)) and clearance artist panels.
I also grabbed a few other supplies...and a book! Surprise! Anyway, now that I have my oil paint sticks from R&F Paints I decided to buy "The Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques" by Jeremy Galton as a handy reference guide to grab when I'm contemplating what to do to begin or move to the next level with an oil stick painting. Ahhhh, I can smell the linseed oil already!
Happy Painting to my fellow painters out there!
Tristina :)
I also grabbed a few other supplies...and a book! Surprise! Anyway, now that I have my oil paint sticks from R&F Paints I decided to buy "The Encyclopedia of Oil Painting Techniques" by Jeremy Galton as a handy reference guide to grab when I'm contemplating what to do to begin or move to the next level with an oil stick painting. Ahhhh, I can smell the linseed oil already!
Happy Painting to my fellow painters out there!
Tristina :)
Friday, May 13, 2011
Annual Broward Art Guild Brunch Meeting
Tomorrow, Saturday, the Broward Art Guild will hold their annual meeting and brunch at the ArtServe gallery on East Sunrise Blvd in Fort Lauderdale from 10am to 12noon. Looking forward to seeing my artist friends there... :)
Three NEW Books!
It made me crazy 2 nights ago that I came to post the new art books I bought Wednesday on my blog and the blog was down for maintenance! Then it was down yesterday as well with technical issues... Yikes!!!
I am excited to share with you my new book finds from Michaels:
1) 'A String of Expression' - Techniques for Transforming Art and Life into Jewelry by June Roman
I picked up this book because there is an unusual necklace on the front cover, and when I looked through the inside I found that the necklace projects are each inspired by a piece of beautiful journal collage artwork and poetry!!! June's techniques for stringing, knotting, wire work, charm collage (using resin), leather work, and working with precious metal clay (PMC) (you can substitute polymer clay for the PMC projects) are fresh, aboriginal, colorful, eclectic, doable (inspires "I can do this!") and inviting. I totally GET the subtitle, speaking of 'transforming', after reading through the book...it's spot on! I'm looking forward to doing some transforming of my own soon! :)
2) 'Letter Better' - Doodling Guide by Cyndi Hansen
With over 280 patterns of letters and creative borders, I grabbed this Design Originals book as a quick inspiration reference for when I want to write in my journal and my regular handwriting is not satisfying me. You know how it is, even though my handwriting may be cool looking to others, I get bored of it sometimes and go straight to my lettering books to get unstuck.
3) 'Zentangle Basics' - by Suzanne McNeill
If you've never seen Zentangles and like to draw (or even if you've never drawn before and would like to try), this book is a real treat! I first saw an article on Zentangles in a magazine about a year ago and fell in love...It's another way of doodling with a pen or pencil that helps to "reduce stress while improving focus". This Design Originals book contains excellent step-by-step pictures of the process. The contrast of the black and white 'Tangle' design patterns and shading examples have such a powerful impact on me. The book even suggests trying to add to the completed b&w designs colors from watercolors, color inks, watercolor pencils, markers, etc. Sounds like fun...give me a piece of paper and a Micron pen and I'll see ya in a couple of days! Learn more at Zentangle.com
Happy Reading! Tristina :)
I am excited to share with you my new book finds from Michaels:
1) 'A String of Expression' - Techniques for Transforming Art and Life into Jewelry by June Roman
I picked up this book because there is an unusual necklace on the front cover, and when I looked through the inside I found that the necklace projects are each inspired by a piece of beautiful journal collage artwork and poetry!!! June's techniques for stringing, knotting, wire work, charm collage (using resin), leather work, and working with precious metal clay (PMC) (you can substitute polymer clay for the PMC projects) are fresh, aboriginal, colorful, eclectic, doable (inspires "I can do this!") and inviting. I totally GET the subtitle, speaking of 'transforming', after reading through the book...it's spot on! I'm looking forward to doing some transforming of my own soon! :)
2) 'Letter Better' - Doodling Guide by Cyndi Hansen
With over 280 patterns of letters and creative borders, I grabbed this Design Originals book as a quick inspiration reference for when I want to write in my journal and my regular handwriting is not satisfying me. You know how it is, even though my handwriting may be cool looking to others, I get bored of it sometimes and go straight to my lettering books to get unstuck.
3) 'Zentangle Basics' - by Suzanne McNeill
If you've never seen Zentangles and like to draw (or even if you've never drawn before and would like to try), this book is a real treat! I first saw an article on Zentangles in a magazine about a year ago and fell in love...It's another way of doodling with a pen or pencil that helps to "reduce stress while improving focus". This Design Originals book contains excellent step-by-step pictures of the process. The contrast of the black and white 'Tangle' design patterns and shading examples have such a powerful impact on me. The book even suggests trying to add to the completed b&w designs colors from watercolors, color inks, watercolor pencils, markers, etc. Sounds like fun...give me a piece of paper and a Micron pen and I'll see ya in a couple of days! Learn more at Zentangle.com
Happy Reading! Tristina :)
Monday, May 9, 2011
Submitted to BAG Member Show at Coral Springs Museum of Art
I worked into the night to have paintings ready to submit Saturday for the Broward Art Guilds member show at the Coral Springs Museum of Art! (Sound familiar to other artists out there???) I like watching what upcoming shows the Broward Art Guild and Artserve are having as a motivation to, "get the work done!" I feel like this way it gives me a goal or deadline to adhere to and really motivates me to create...
Here are the pieces I submitted to the show from my Ancient Bones series. Each painting starts with my hand colored paper (created with a technique I learned from Edyi Lampasona at a workshop I took at the Boca Raton Museum of Art last year). The fossil stones on the pieces were collected on the West Coast of Florida by me and my parents. They are ancient bones, teeth and ivory from prehistoric manatees, walrusus, horses, sharks and other marine / land animals that lived in the Gulf area millions of years ago. When I was a child I would tell people I wanted to grow up to be a plaentologist (someone who studies fossils). I may not have grown up to collect and display fossils as my primary vocation, and still I have been able to enjoy them as an avocation!
The reception for the Broward Art Guild show at the Coral Springs Museum of Art is Thursday, May 26 from 6 to 8pm. Hope to see some of you there!
Tristina :)
Here are the pieces I submitted to the show from my Ancient Bones series. Each painting starts with my hand colored paper (created with a technique I learned from Edyi Lampasona at a workshop I took at the Boca Raton Museum of Art last year). The fossil stones on the pieces were collected on the West Coast of Florida by me and my parents. They are ancient bones, teeth and ivory from prehistoric manatees, walrusus, horses, sharks and other marine / land animals that lived in the Gulf area millions of years ago. When I was a child I would tell people I wanted to grow up to be a plaentologist (someone who studies fossils). I may not have grown up to collect and display fossils as my primary vocation, and still I have been able to enjoy them as an avocation!
This set includes bones, coral, teeth and ivory. I love the totem shape, reminds me of piles of stones I saw in Arizona walking through the desert where long gone Indians had marked the way for others.
This set consists of fossil bones and teeth. The top is my favorite totem design and the bottom reminded me of the impression a bear claw makes in the mud.
I adore this set with the white ivory fossil that reminds me of a candle flame. The top painting also introduces my use of copper nails and wire. Wire really turns me on and I use it whenever I can in my work.
Tristina :)
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