A Daily Painter's Journey. Oil paintings of domestic animals, wildlife, and plein air landscape.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Black Bears in encaustic
I took yesterday's sketch of the black bear mother and cub and painted a 12" x 16" encaustic. Encaustic is an ancient method of painting with melted wax.
I grew up in Africa, and I am most interested in depicting African subject matter. I am a classically trained artist (translation: heavy on anatomy, perspective, and understanding value) working in encaustics, oil, watercolor, and various drawing media. I teach drawing and painting in Boulder, Colorado. I am committed to the "painting a day" habit because it is a no excuses road to "being" a painter. Painting all day all the time is now my lifestyle.
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