Shelter at Home Day 9 First Layer

"Memories-Was it a Dream?" cold wax 24"×18"

Reworking a piece from Memories series. cold wax

6th Layer

My thought process in acrylic. 5th layer

4th layer

3rd layer

Acrylic 2nd layer

Acrylic process 1st layer

New Beginnings

Study in Freedom 10/22

Encaustic

6"x 6"

This is last nights completed piece.  I have several going at the moment and am looking through my collection of what if, redo pieces.  I like this small format because it gives me freedom to be free with my wax and paints.  It is a good way for me to get ideas for larger pieces, my encaustic thumbnail sketch. 

This is the piece at the beginning of last night.

My process of Study in Freedom

Thought I would post the process of Study in Freedom.  

Study in Freedom

Encaustic

6"x 6"

My process of Study in Freedom 

I started with this piece.  It was a board from a stack of rejects...or to be continued or reassessed stack. 

I flipped it and started adding texture with wax and oil stick.  This has several layers.

Then entered the yucky stage.  I did not like it, but gave it a try. 

Removed some of the yucky color top right and added my favorite colbalt blue encaustic paint,

More layering with wax, paint stick, and torching!

Added white and carved in some places where the wax was thick.

Little paint stick in the groove, little torching and the final piece!

Rejoice in Art 5th Annual Show

These two pastels were juried in to the Rejoice in Art exhibition.

The show will be up until October 27

375 Palos Verdes Blvd.

Redondo Beach, Ca.

Palos Verdes

Pastel 

16"x 28"

Getting Closer

Pastel

12" x 18"

Cold Wax

Working in Cold Wax

It is very hot in Southern California this time of year.  Instead of creating with hot wax I am using cold wax and enjoying every minute.  

                                   Vicki Fisher-Lerer

By the Sea Cold Wax

5"x7"

Check out my work on ArtSlant

https://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/344520-vicki-fisher-lerer

Blue 7 Gallery "Ordinary-Extraordinary" show opening

Check out the article in the Santa Monica Mirror

about my pieces in the show at Blue 7 Gallery this weekend!

Encaustic by the Sea                                                                    Vicki Fisher-Lerer

https://smmirror.com/2018/03/ordinary-extraordinary-new-exhibit-opens-march-18-blue-7-gallery/

No Name Stage 3

Could this be the final stage?

No Name Stage 3

Encaustic

No Name Stage 2

No Name Stage 2

Transforming

Fire and Rain & No Name

 This is a piece I recently finished.  It probably has about ten layers. It started out with watercolor and ink on 8" x 10" claybord.  Then I collaged papers on with wax, added many layers of wax, graphite, pigment paint stick.  At one point I did not like what was happening and scraped back some of the layers. Adding more layers and this is the final piece...I think.

Fire and Rain  

8" x 10"

   Vicki Fisher-Lerer

The following piece has no name yet.  

I want to document the stages it goes through. 

So far 3 layers have been applied. 

Paper, wax, book cover, pigment stick, some of my drawings on tissue paper,and ink

                                     

Vicki Fisher-Lerer

Encaustic by the Sea...Desire

This year I am participating in a Facebook group, Series 52. Each week you post a piece you create for the series. My series is encaustics- by the sea.  This piece is 1/52 

Vicki Fisher-Lerer

"Encaustic by the Sea...Desire"

6"x 6"

Beeswax, damar resin, encaustic paint, pigment stick, ink, paper and pearls