A bit of inspiration for your morning

Hi all...I know I posted this morning...but I just had to send this picture of my latest sunrise picture to hopefully inspire you to do a bit of painting today...So...for those of you who wake up and check your blogs...this was my view not so very long ago...for those of you who check at night...just imagine what you can do tomorrow!

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My day at the zoo

I went to the zoo and saw this momma sitting on the rock watching her babies. It took forever for her to sit still long enough to get this shot, she was like most mothers, always on the look out for what they were in to. I think this was the only moment when she wasn't pacing back and forth, ready to jump down and take care of whatever they might have been doing that she didn't agree with. This was fun as I don't usually do many animals, and I was happy to work with the shadows and different colors within her "white" coat.

Two at a time

These are 6x6 museaum wrapped little summer memories painted in acrylic. At a time of year when everyone is thinking Valentines Day I'm thinking I want to be warm! And then I used green...so I don't know if I felt warmer, but nice memories of summer. I painted them at the same time so the colors are the same. When I set them side by side they make a dyptich of a sort...I don't know if that is what will happen to them or if they will set in the small pole acrylic easels I got for them. So, now that I'm "warm" at heart again, and the weather outside is nice I think I need to put some thought into Valentines Day!

Speaking of Wax Collage

While I am setting up to photograph a few new things I did over the past few days I wanted to share another wax collage that was a demo from a workshop I taught this summer. It is a tiny thing, only about 4x6 mounted on a board and set inside a small frame and set on an easel. I wanted to show that you can wax about anything...in this case fiber. I layered the board with tissue and then added some oil pastel before I attached the leaf and fiber.

Waxing ON!

Ok, I know I am interested in quite a few things, and wax collage is another. I was working on something entirely different (paper casts) (coming soon) but picked up a book on Encaustic Painting and read it during the superbowl...sorry you sports fans, but art was calling to me! (I did however catch the couple outstanding touchdowns...so I can tell my grandson one day if I get one that I saw them) I really liked this book for its variety of methods...it isn't just slapping on colored wax. It is entitled: Encuastic Workshop by Patricia Baldwin Seggegruch. JUST published this year. I encourage you to take a peek if you've ever wanted to play in wax. This little 6x6 piece (entitled Natures Bouquet) was a demo I did in a workshop I taught this summer before I ever heard of adding resin (does that spark your interest? it is in the book)...Natures Bouquet is just a simple little piece that is entirely wax as the medium. I used some real daisies, some photos and the background is different papers. The dark background doesn't show the edges very clearly, but you get the idea...I hope this gets your creative juices flowing!!

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