Another case of doing and undoing. (smile) Sometimes you get on a roll and it works...sometimes not. But with encaustics...you can just scrape wax and bits away...and restart from what ever point you want...and usually all the stuff you left, from your prior "mistake", ends up just adding that much more depth to the piece you are now getting along with.
On this piece I started with a good layer of beeswax, then layed a heavy piece of handmade looking paper that looked really absorbant. So I place the paper on top of a heavy layer of wax...that I put on the cradle backed panel. Then I layer on some more wax on top of this paper...now for the heating, I used my hot pen and slowly went around the paper and adhered it! The paper absorbed the wax nicely. Very satisfying.
I wanted to leave a white frame showing the board that I started with, but eventually put on a lot of dark brown wax...then is really started going downhill. I left if for a bit...and decided I really didn't like it that way...so scraped off all the wax I didn't want...and proceeded! I still feel it needs some framing, but perhaps I will actually frame it with wood, maybe that's what it needs.
So don't be afraid to try things, you can always start over, scrape wax off...or push through and see if something glorious is waiting!
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