Suburban Bird. Oil & Encaustic. 12 x 16. © 2009 Haley Nagy. I think it is finally finished. It feels like it is missing something, but I may just need to leave it alone for a couple of days and come back to it later. I initially tried painting the birds with a light gray [...]
Below I continue to give you a sneak peak at the process of creating an encaustic painting (see original post here). I apologize for the spotty quality of the photos. As you can probably tell, the pictures were all taken at different times during the day and evening. Unfortunately, I’m currently working out of my [...]
I’m working on the submission for Degrees which doesn’t leave me a lot of time to blog. Instead, I thought you might enjoy a step by step photo blog showing the evolution of my work. This part is just the underpainting. The final image probably won’t look anything like this. I’m also using exceptionally bright, [...]
I picked up my four, new, custom, encaustic panels from Scot Eddy and they are WONDERFUL! He was able to beat the price of Amperstand clay boards and they are LIGHTER too! The durable luan wood panel cover makes these a lightweight alternative to a commercial product. Depending on how much wax paint I add, [...]
Scot Eddy with custom panels for members of Texas Wax Houston. [Photo borrowed from their blog] ;-) Looking for an alternative to buying expensive Ampersand boards? Trying to figure out how to make or buy custom encaustic panels? Here’s your answer: Scot Eddy is a member of the Austin chapter of Texas Wax and he [...]
