statelyswan.pdf

Stately Swan

By Barbara Skaife

Materials Required:

Thin White textured card 8cm x 10cm.

Tracing paper and pencil.

Encaustic wax card: ECC04.

Wax blocks: Blue, Green, Light Green, Brown,

Light Brown and Grey.

Encaustic Iron and stylus with brush tip.

Paper tissues.

Some clean scrap paper.

Old newspapers.

Orange and Black felt tipped pens.

Embossing pad and large embossing tool.

Silicone glue.

P. V.A. Craft Adhesive.

Card mount: AP49U, Orange.

To Make The Card:

Cover the work surface with some old news-

papers to protect it from the heat and wax. Place

a sheet of clean paper onto this and then the

encaustic card glossy side up.

Tu rn the card

so the sky is at

the top and apply

green wax to the

iron as shown for

working the hills

on each side of

the card.

Starting with

the hill furthest

away, work each

hill from the cen-

tremoving the

iron up and out

beyond the side

edge of the card.

If you find the

lower edge of the

hills are too jag-

ged and the colour has gone into the river area

you will need to clean it off. Warm the excess

wax with a clean iron and whilst it is still very

Plug in the iron and pen and set the heat to a

low setting. Lay out the wax colours ready for

use. Always clean the iron and pen between

colours by wiping with paper tissues and change

the clean paper once it becomes dirty.

Apply blue

wax to the base of

the iron as shown

in the diagram.

To work the

sky, place the iron

towards the lower

edge in the centre

and draw it down

each side to give a

point between the

hills. Rework with

a clean iron if it is

too patchy.

warm rub off with a

tissue or scrape with

a knife blade.

To work the river

load the iron with grey

wax. Lightly draw it

across the sheet taking

care that the tip of the

iron does not go into

the hills. Small gaps

or smears in the join

will be covered by the

bushes. While the grey

wax is still warm lightly

wipe horizontally with

two or three folded

tissues give a more

water like effect.

Add the bush details

using a hot brush. Use

a mixture of green and

brown for the far bank

and a mix of paler green

and grey/brown for the

foreground.

Leave to cool for a

few minutes then wipe

over the whole surface

with a soft tissue to

give it a shine. Mount

the background into

the card and glue the

flap closed.

Make the swan from

thin white card, if you

can get textured card

it adds just a little bit

of detail to the swan.

down and place on an embossing pad.

Use the large tool to emboss the pieces

giving them a lovely curved shape.

Tuck the lower wing piece into the

gap under the upper wing and in front

of the body. Turn the swan over and

hold the wing in place with a dab of

silicone adhesive where it touches the

swan. Mount the completed swan onto

the card using silicone adhesive.

Place a sheet of

tracing paper over the

diagram on the right

and trace the swan and

wing. Turn the paper

face down and retrace

over the lines to transfer

them. Cut the swan

pieces out and snip

along the dotted line.

Colour the beak in

orange, colour round

the eye and part of the

face in black as shown.

Turn the pieces face

Actual Size

If you don’t feel ready to try

encaustic art why not try using

different papers instead of wax,

it can look very effective.

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