First Steps in Encaustic

[GaiusAquiliusBritannicus]

Ave!

Well my friend has posted the pics of the creation process, but we still need to organize them a little better and add my new pics of the melted shield (from sitting in the sun at the event).

If you'd like to see the process of making all of the shields (distemper sheilds are both the black and red (2 stripes of each color) and the black, red and gold striped shields, the egg tempura is the celtic cross shield with burgandy background, and the casein shield is the red cross shield on a black and gold background. Go here:
http://65.64.145.141/photos/images/Gaiu ... /index.htm

If you'd like to see the encaustic only, start here with these (the encaustic shield is the black and red shield with 3 stripes of black and 3 stripes of red):

http://65.64.145.141/photos/images/Gaiu ... index.html

The first few pics are of the other shields and my dog , but then the pics of the encaustic painting begins, with a few pictures of my other shields mixed in (we were doing multiple shields at once). Sorry if some of the images seem dark, I had cleaned them up on my pc with the free Picasa2 program (from Google), but evidently I didn't save them or something.

and try here for final product:
http://65.64.145.141/photos/images/Gaiu ... index.html

Again, not too happy with the finished product, but all in all a very fun experiment to try! As I stated in my last post, the 1:1 mixture of damar resin and beeswax was not enough to prevent the wax from turning into a puddle once the noon sun hit it.

Britannicus