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Ann Huffman
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Boy From Oregon, 16”x18”,
Encaustic Wax Paste, 1986.
In Mrs. Appletree’s Studio, the
information was adapted for
the Pen (or not) with much spirit
moving going on as the paintings
progressed.
For example, Boy From Oregon,
is an encaustic wax paste
painting and has nothing at all
to do with the Pen. Veryl Culver
Waldner and Madge Simon were
my mentors. Boy was done with
Veryl Culver Waldner’s wax paste
formula and Madge Simon’s
wax paste technique. That is,
well burned-in, very thin layers
of translucent wax paste paint
applied with brushes to render
the image on a marble wax
plaster ground. A hot air heat
gun was excellent for burning-in
the delicate wax layers as they
were applied to the painting..
Into the West is a Hot Brush
painting adapted for the Pen from
Dorothy Masom’s classic molten
wax/hot palette/natural bristle
brush technique with hot air gun
burning-in. Therefore, waxes
were semi-molten, the palette
was warm, the bristles were
brass, and the Pen burned-in
the waxes as they were applied.
In classic mode, the Pen w/
Hot Brush worked directly from
the semi-molten waxes in their
pots or mixed wax paints on the
surface of the warm palette. To
complete the painting, details
were done with the Pen w/C-5
Pen Point.
Summer
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Into the West, 5”x7”, Encaustic Wax, 2011.