Wendy LaValle

Artist Wendy LaValles landscapes become more abstracted with the use of colour and interesting perspectives.  

From here series GHRE, this painting is 30 x 30, Encaustic on panel.

GHRE, 20 x 20, Encaustic on Panel

Wendy os # 4 on this years tour.

Wendy LaValle

Here's a preview of encaustic artist Wendy LaValle's new series "But sweet will be the flow'r" .  Inspired by William Cooper's beautiful poem "Light Shining out of Darkness".

Visit Wendy at Studio #2...and see the whole series.

Encaustic Workshops

Our Tour artist Wendy Lavalle is offering workshops in her studio:

LEARN ENCAUSTIC PAINTING with 
Artist WENDY LAVALLE...

Wendy is offering this exciting workshop:
  
Introduction to Encaustic Painting  
November 2012.   

Spots will book up fast !!!!
This Workshop is a series of 4 classes 

consecutive Friday mornings -  

November 9, 16, 23, 30 (10am – 12 noon) 

 

Location: Wendy's Home Studio in Stouffville, 
4280 Aurora Road
 

This course is for those who want to discover painting with this 
beautiful ancient medium of Beeswax and oil paint. 

Click on this link for material lists, cost, location, registration and other details 

http://www.waxyandwords.blogspot.ca/

Wendy Lavalle

Tour Artist Wendy Lavalle shares her process painting in wax. Encuastic painting is fascinating and we are fortunate to have two artists on the Tour who use this media, Wendy and Allison.

Wendy shares with us...

...the griddles and irons are fired up....the beeswax is melted....and my studio is a "buzz" with activity as I prepare for the upcoming Stouffville Studio Tour. I've photographed a few steps in the creation of this beautiful flower painting....Enjoy!!!

1st...I fire up the griddle and melt the beeswax and prepare to apply a base of smooth clear wax

 

2nd....put my drawing skills to the test and sketch my subject

 

3rd Step...the underpainting....a familar step in for most artists - knocking in the big shapes and main lights and darks - love this step!

 

Lots of scaping and fusing in between the many many layers of wax and TADAAAAA!!  The final product...with all the texture and luminousity that you would expect of this ancient medium....ENCAUSTIC!



Wendy's Studio is number 2 on the tour. 

Make sure to visit her on October 13th and/or 14th

Encaustic painting

Wendy LaValle is one of two artists on the Tour who paints in  encaustic or hot wax. Allison Bullock also paints in this medium. Here is a sample of each of their works. More can been seen at www.stouffvillestudiotour.com

Wendy LaValle

Allison Bullock