Page 33 - Creating Whimsical Characters Using Simple Wood and Paper Forms, Wire, Paperclay, and Encaustic Medium

Since most of my sculptures are supposed to be stone, I’m using a

very diluted white glaze for my base coat. To make the glaze, I cut
about a 1/4 inch slice off an

Enkaustikos Titanium White Hot
Stick and add it to a 2 oz. tin

filled with encaustic medium.

The goal is to get a very thin coat
on all the surfaces, including the
grooves and delicate details. For

the webbed feet and underneath
the bottom edge of the wings, I

take the post out of the base and
hold it while I apply the wax

glaze to the hard to reach places.

I then place the sculpture back
on the base and use the heat

gun and stiff brush to remove
the excess wax.

Now we’re ready to apply color. I
make a very diluted glaze for

each of the colors I want to use.
To make the glaze, I cut about a

1/4 inch or less slice off an
Enkaustikos Hot Stick color of

choice and add it to a 2 oz. tin
filled with encaustic medium. I

like to use a 6-in-1 multi tool for
breaking the wax off.

Tuft is playing chess for the White team, so his glaze colors are
Super Silver Pearl, Midtone Gray, and Bohemian Green Earth (for

moss), plus one color unique to him - Cobalt Aqua for his Tuft.

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