Encaustic crayon art

First off I have to admit these are a couple of years old. I haven't done this in a while though I really love it. its been CRAZY around here and I haven't stamped much other then making a bunch of those chocolate candy bar bunnies I showed you a few days ago.


The above image is encaustic crayon melted with an iron (with no steam holes) onto glossy paper and then stamped with stayzon onto with some stampscape stamps. simple but soo cool
Above and below were part of a larger sheet and I used the scraps to make a few cards like this with some fred mullet stamps.


this is one of my favorites. Can't remember who does the words but its a stamp. the birds are stampscapes and the tree is stamp in the hand (one of my favorite stamps)

These are pretty simple to do really just a bit messy. you can use crayola crayons I am told but the lyra work best because the color is so vivid in them.

Here are some links to learn more about this:

http://embracingencaustic.wordpress.com/

http://www.crayola.com/educators/techniques/meltedcrayon.cfm

http://www.international-encaustic-artists.org/calendar/members_events.html