I tried (and failed) to do an image transfer photograph of my birthday flowers onto encaustics. Then I tried and failed to adhere it as a photograph. I used the second failed attempt as a template, cutting around each portion of the flowers and then edging a groove outline onto the plain wax of the page. Then I used oil pastels, Pan Pastels and colored encaustic paints to record the birthday flowers (a lily and a tulip) on the right side. I did a "mirror image" hand colored B&W on the left.
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| Grooves outline the shape of the flowers. |
It was an exercise in appreciation: for my flowers.
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| Oil pastels on the tulip. |
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| Pan Pastels on the lily. |
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| The left page is a hand colored (pencils & pastels) on plain laser printer white paper. |
