Wax on Wednesdays Painted Encaustic Vessels Part 2

Happy Wax on Wednesdays !

This week is part 2 of the painting encaustic vessel bowls

project featuring some mache based bowls 

like the ones that were created in

"Encausticology Wax and Symbolism " online

workshop.

As promised for those who are already in the workshop, I 

changed it up a bit an painted them in a different

way than we did in the workshop lessons! 

There are so many different approaches, mediums, and paths that can be

taken and explored with these vessel form substrates. This week is but one 

fun option:) 

I used a tinted shellac with these along with the other pigments. 

Because I was using shellac, I only used a heat gun with this 

process an not my trusty Iwatani torch 

because the substrate is paper based. 

They also have 4 coats of medium on each bowl as shown in part 1 

and if I feel the wax is thinning on the sides I add one or 2 more coats of medium 

so that the base is never exposed. 

These 3 bowls took approximately one week to complete in the painting stage. 

But Shari why would it take

so long when encaustic dries almost  instantly ? 

 Ah well, unfortunately shellac dries at the normal rate 

that it takes to dry shellac :) 

If this is a thin bit it could take hours, if more is added it could take 24 hours. 

If it is not allowed to set up in the layers it can become a goopy mess. 

This method takes

a little bit of patience but I love the look of the

 tinted shellac built up in the thin layers of wax ! 

Wanting to explore 3 dimensional forms with encaustic further ?

"Encausticology Wax and Symbolism A Study in Encaustic Sculpture"

 online workshop

takes you and the wax off of the panel and on to beautifully formed

sculpture, and vessels, working with wax and 

multiple different substrates to form beautiful 

encaustic sculpture . 

You can join in on any of the Encausticology 

series of workshops at any time with forever access

Click on photos for workshop details on how to join.

You can join and see all of the details HERE 

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Happy Creating !
Blessings,
Shari