Judy Ahlborn - 17 of 25

This is the 10th of my floral series.  It is the last one I have completed for now.  I'll be switching gears next, but I am not done with these florals and will be doing more later.

Judy Ahlborn - 16 of 25

My ninth piece in this floral series.

Debbie Helser # 20

This encaustic has a hardboard base that I collaged papers on then added many layers of colored wax medium, more paper, a bit of burlap fabric, thread waste and fabric cut outs. I moved the colored wax around with the heat gun to help reveal some of the base layer of papers. It doesn't show up very well in the picture. I didn't plan the composition of this at all; it just evolved and I'm not thrilled with the focal point smack in the middle.

Debbie Helser # 19

I started with a birch board base and used layers of wax medium, collaged papers, cookie cutters and other carving tools, oil paint and pan pastels. I really like the depth the layers of wax allows.

Debbie Helser # 18

This is a little 3 1/2 X 5 inch ditty done on a wood base with the initial colored wax laid down with an iron. After a couple of layers of medium, I carved into the wax then put down some oil paint to darken the carved areas. It was distressed with various tools and more oil paint applied.

Debbie Helser # 17

This is an encuastic with a base of a small quilt that had been free motion quilted in a class. I "dry-brushed" color onto it after putting a thin layer of wax medium down. Seems that there is potential for this technique using a quilted base. 

Ulla Westermann - Week 19

The background for this piece is crazy quilted. On top of that is a knitted lace pattern. I like the interaction between the colors in the crazy quilt and the lace pattern but felt the piece needed something else. So I added what my daughter called the dinosaur head. This piece is 14" x 10".