Materials and Resources
WHAT YOU WILL NEED FOR THESE SAMPLER EFFECTS
All sampler projects will need these:
clear Beeswax, encaustic medium, hake bushes
griddle with several containers
5x7” 300# pound watercolor paper or heavy printmaking paper for samples
In addition, here are some special materials - you can try substitutions if you like and see what happens.:
Rusty Beeswax:
Tsukineko Walnut Ink, Java and Terra Cotta
Graphite Pencil
Metal rasp for texture (or substitute)
Metal Stamping letters (optional)
FAUX RAKU:
Any variation of:
· Blue
· Red
· Gold
IVORY:
Small container of white-pigmented beeswax or medium
Small amount of yellow ochre oil paint
Non-paper flexible stencil
Needle tool for inscribing lines
Speedball Mona Lisa Simple Leaf, Gold
Tortoise shell:
Wax Scraping Tool
R&F Pigment Cake, Burnt Sienna
Alcohol Inks, black, Gold, orange-red
Speedball Mona Lisa Simple Leaf, Gold
India Ink with Gold Leaf
Black India Ink
Speedball Mona Lisa Simple Leaf, Gold
Metallic Gold Alcohol Ink
Note: This is an experimental workshop designed to expand your encaustic experience with various surface treatments. You may find that you use these techniques as just a small part of your composition, or you make want to make an entire painting or 3-D construction using these ideas. I hope you have as much fun trying them as I did putting them together! ~ Lyn
Here are color-coded "cards" that show the special materials that are used for each of the samples. You'll notice that many of the techniques share the same materials:
