| J & M Enterprises Newsletter | Fun Easy Art November 2010
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Hello once again,
I mentioned last month you can get some images from a site called Twisted Papers and I said I would do some of those for you as examples. Here is an image I traced onto a copper card stock and then used the stylus to fill in the design.
Quite a fancy lady was done on an Inkjet printer and then dipped the back into clear wax and used the iron to put some yellow on the back. I wanted some more color so I put some blue on a paper and had that placed on the hot plate and then touched the back side of this image to pick up some of the color for the background. Flipped the image over and colored it in with the stylus. On the face I flipped it back over and did that on the back side as well so it would look soft in the area of the face. Remember to mix some of your colors on a separate card and use that as a pallet to work with to match your colors.
Here is another example done in the
same way as the one above. This is fun to try and then think of ways to alter the whole image. But it is good practice with the stylus. Don't forget to try to work on the back side with some color to give a soft background.
Same process with the image below.
There was an international sand sculpture exhibit in Federal Way WA and I thought those images might be a good candidate for some wax combinations. Here is one of those sculptures.
So here is one I have in process to give you an idea of what I am doing. I am beginning to layer color till I get the effect I want. The lower figure has it's legs without any color so far. I will keep working the color in with the stylus till it looks ok.
And here is one that is finished. It is a fun process and you might want to give it a chance to see what you can create.
Back to some familiar size on the A6 paper
Such an easy size to work with and I will put several of these for you to get some ideas.
Try to adhere a layer of one ply Kleenex into the wax and then work to create some soft appearing creations.
Hot stylus over some Kleenex to take off some wax in areas below where it has a rough appearance.
A few take away areas on this as well.
Just a couple more to finish it out for the month.
Sam is quite a dog. We only get to see him about once a year when we visit our friend in Ferndale, WA. I couldn't resist waxing up this shot that was first printed on my Inkjet printer, dipped into clear wax on the back side and then stylus work on the front blending with clear wax and combining white and pearl to get his coat just as I wanted.
I thought I would show you some examples of mounting some of your work on raised boards. The two large ones are on canvas board first and are collages with embedded images. The two square ones are images first mounted on thin pressed board and then glued onto the raised boards. The 4 smaller ones are just glued directly on the raised boards. I just wanted some less expensive ways to show in the gallery.
If these look a bit shiny it is because I coated them with future floor polish as they would not be under glass.
With my featured show in December I think I will cancel my class scheduled for that month unless someone twists my arm....
Also think ahead if you are going to want to order materials from me in January as I am going to go to Mexico for two months and may have to shut down the supplies during that time. I might not have time to do this newsletter during that time either.
If you are going to be close to Gallery North in Edmonds During the Month of December I will be the feataured artist along with my gallery mate Stan Rust that does the wood turned bowls. Our show is THE ART OF WAX AND WOOD. We will have a reception on Dec 11th from 1-5 and also there is art walk on the the third Thursday Dec 16th from 5-8pm. Please come for these events as I would love to meet you.
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