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J & M Enterprises NewsletterFun Easy Art March 2011
Goodby Mexico
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                                     John

It has been quite a fun vacation here in Rosarito Mexico and now it is time to head home. I suspect we will wind our way north strolling up the coast and also visiting friends along the way. We have enjoyed the sun and the surf lulling us to sleep at night. The food and the warm reception makes you feel right at home. So I had some time to dabble a bit with the wax and just room for A6 size images. It made me realize that there are so many combinations you can create on this small size. Here are a few....

 I think the sun and the surroundings influenced my paintings this month.

   floral 3

 

 

    floral1

 

 

    floral2

 

     floral 4

 

      floral 10

 

       floral9

 

 

       floral 5

 

       floral7

 

 

             fan

 

            

 

             Tulips fan

 

             bouquet tulips

 

             flo

 

 

              vases

 

           floral 20

 Here is a left over Valentine...

 

     valentine

 We were visiting a gallery in Puerto Nuevo and met a fellow artist that worked with straw and made the greatest paintings. He gave me a short class and since he would paste the straw down with a bees wax and resin mixture I thought it might be a match with wax painting... so I did the flowers and then put that on a background of wax. I liked the effect and am going to explore this and see what I can come up with instead of the straw which will be impossible to get in the states.  His painting had a lot more going for them than mine.. You break the straw in little sections with your fingers....

 

straw

 

 

              Sunsets glow  Our time is coming close to ending...

      sunsset

       Pottery shops and all sorts of crafts abound.

      

      pottery

 

   Here is where we called home for the month.... walks on the beach were refreshing.

          condos

 

       mexico

 

Outside a wonderful hotel in Encenada where Muriel and I and (and Muriel's daughter who flew in from NY for the week ) sat 3 hours for lunch, you can see the extra pounds from this vacation being attracted to me.

 

Ok that should hold you for the month... we will have to see what is created this next month....  and....

What have you been doing?????  Get that wax out and have some fun..

Supplies

You can find all the supplies for this process on my web site on this page.
There are three box sets of wax, Starter, Expanding and Vivid.  These are the Starter colors.

Encaustic Starter Wax Set $21.00



starter wax

If some of you want to make your own wax here is a link to get the how to do it info.


Upcoming Class Schedules
Gone fishing!!!!!!   Sorry
Other Web sites I show my paintings:  Red Bubble  Fine Art America

You can order reprints off either of these sites from cards to prints on canvas and watercolor paper. Framed or unframed. Fine Art America is also a site you might want to check out for yourself.

Free Instruction
35 video clips to watch.

To look at the video clips I have on the web simply access them from these links.
Series 1.
Series 2.
Series 3.
Hope they help you and inspire you to give wax a try.


Also I started a project called Lets Write A Book Together with some other artists and they never followed through, but if you want to read what I was putting together go to this link
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John Vandebrooke
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