Wax on Wednesdays! Wax, Whimsy , and Wonderful Color Journal
I had a couple of other "more serious" projects planned for Wax on Wednesdays! to share with
you , but whenever life gets too busy, or a little overwhelmed , I revert to drawing my
young little characters . They make me slow down, think of simple happy things, and just make me smile .
These are the only tools I use for them .
watercolor paper
graphite pencil
red watercolor paint
water soluble graphite
and whatever thin object I grab for scratching in their little hair-dos :)
I decided I would do a little whimsical color journal for my
Mother In Law for Mother's Day.
The great thing about this project is if you just like little whimsy characters you can
do them , or
If you just like abstract painting without the whimsy you
can do just that without the characters!
Of course you can do the whole thing on a black and white scale and
just use graphite , and black and white india inks for a lot of fun as well.
My head was obviously swimming with little waxy journal ideas after this !
This week the sun was shining , and I felt like a lot of wonderful color .
A little warning ,
This journal smells awesome !
The fist thing Reagan did before she went through the pages was said that it smelled
"SO good "
( from the beeswax :)
Here is a list of the supplies I used in this journal:
graphite pencil
water soluble graphite
water color paints
india inks
graphite crayon
alcohol inks (ranger)
water color paper
book binding thread
regular heavy duty thread and needle (to stitch characters on)
E6000 spray adhesive
some antique linen I used for binding tape
archival bookbinding type glue (for binding tape)
I began to stitch these on with a little craft machine but warning, the wax will gook up
on machine base so don't use a regular nice sewing machine after you have waxed.
I hand stitched quite a bit of them on as well just for different textures .
If I did a do-over I may have stitched them on first and waxed after :).
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ALMOST time for the drawing for the free spot in an Encausticology !
and the little encaustic kit!
You can still sign up for the Giveaway on this post :
You can also still sign up to join me for the workshop !
(if you win the giveaway I will send you a refund , or you can give to a friend )
You can go to the "online workshop page " at the top of the blog to see all of the details and register , or purchase in my Etsy shop .
The fun startsMay 29th!
Have a wonderful weekend,
Blessings to you,
