While Carnival rages on in Rio, Gannon ventures into the deepest Amazon rainforest. He is after photographs of the Brazilian Morpho butterfly. He found the perfect shot in the highest reaches of the tree canopy.
This postcard is encaustic/mixed media, using image transfer, accretion and PanPastels. The butterfly is hand cut, painted with watercolor, dipped in encaustic medium, painted with blue Pearlex and attached to the card. Photographs never do encaustic work justice.
Wow! How romantic!!! Your waxed postcard is just gorgeous!! :D XXX
ReplyDeleteFabulous postcard. I am intrigued by the encaustic process but have never seen or tried it myself. Lovely work.
ReplyDeleteJanet xx
Great effect achieved with this encaustic work - super colours.
ReplyDeletewell it looks wonderful from where I am sitting. i waxed something for the first time last night and binned it lol
ReplyDeleteSome shimmer and pretty colors. You did well on Brazil! ♥
ReplyDeleteabsolutely beautiful card and butterfly :)
ReplyDeleteThis card is beautiful. Love the colours and the effect.
ReplyDeleteLooks wonderful, great card. Have not tried these techniques ever.
ReplyDeleteJen x
wonderful card & I really like the depth that encaustic gives it.
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