Shari Replogle here! Super excited to share a
variety of techniques
that use stencils in encaustic painting!
that use stencils in encaustic painting!
I love adding marks, lines, and patterns especially
with StencilGirl® stencils because they are easy to
clean and hold up nicely with heavy use and heat of the hot encaustic wax.
If you have never painted with
encaustic before, it is purified beeswax mixed with damar resin which is used to
harden the wax over time. Any pigments can be added except for
acrylic based products because of their plasticity.
There are a variety of ways
to create with stencils on the encaustic surface. To begin I paint 3 layers of
white encaustic paint onto hard boards primed with encaustic gesso. You can
also use primed encaustic boards by Ampersand.
In encaustic painting every layer
of wax and pigment that you add must be “fused” (bonded by
heat) to the layer below to form
an archival bond. The best way to begin when you are adding stencils is to fuse
those first layers of wax very flat so that you can get all those great marks
onto an even surface.
The pigments I am using today are
Panpastels and R and F pigment sticks:
I like to build up rich layers of
patterns, marks, and colors on the encaustic surface so that you can peer back
through the layered history of a piece and view bits and pieces that reveal
themselves in all of the previous layers. The dreamy translucency of the
beeswax allows this to be possible.
Great textures can also be added
with stencils and encaustic paint!
In the following video, I show
multiple ways that you can incorporate and apply StencilGirl® stencils in
super fun ways to your encaustic painting process. Never tried encaustic? Come
on in! It’s highly addicting!
Shari Replogle’s Encausticology studios are in Downtown Cincinnati.
You can find Shari on the following links:
YouTube: Wax on Wednesdays!
Website: Sharireplogle.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/sharireplogle_studios
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Beautiful, Shari . . . love how you use the gel plate to apply color + design! :D
ReplyDeletexoxo Glenda
Thank you Glenda ! That's one of my favorites for sure :)
DeleteAmazing! Love the colors & technique.
ReplyDeleteThank you Paula !
DeleteFacinating video, Shari. Thanks for sharing those techniques. Encaustics intrigue me, but I'm not ready to go there yet. Your video inspires me, though!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Terry ! They will be ready when you are :)
DeleteReally enjoyed watching you work! The end results were fabulous! How do you clean your stencils after using the encaustic wax over them?
ReplyDeleteHi Andrea, and thank you ! You can clean them by placing on the heated palette for just a few seconds and wiping them off with a paper towel . I usually turn my heat down a bit on the palette when I do :)
DeleteDo you use just plain boards or encaustic boards? These are awesome!
ReplyDeleteHi Tracy, thanks ! For these practice boards I am using plein air type masonite boards that both Blicks and Ampersand make. I love encaustic board by Ampersand ! I also use cradled birch boards on larger works.
DeleteWow, really inspiring! Now I want to go get my griddle and encaustic paints out!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jennifer ! I hope you have fun with this one :)
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ReplyDeleteHi Shari
ReplyDeleteI try many of the ideas you teach and they come out decent because you are a wonderful instructor for someone like me new to encaustics and loving it!
I am currently experimenting with cyanotype as well.
I have a question, if I may, when using pan pastels or R&F oil sticks on paper should a fixitive be added on top before applying wax?
By the by if you come to teach in FL let me know!
Thank you, Denise Millheim