"Gone to Texas"

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"There is no place like home or Texas for the holidays." What can I say. A Texas theme just seems to pop up out of no where! Enjoy the flavor of our state...even in the Christmas decorations. It will make your heart proud!

This is actually a segment of a larger piece I created when Capital City Scribes had an exhibit at the Austin Airport. The letters were created with a hand cut stamp inspired by some old type I ran across. The concho was actually tied with leather strapping to the canvas. Yes, I actually poked a hole in the canvas and tied it in the back. (And that's not the only "scary" thing I've done, bringing a piece to the brink of disaster!) It's called "taking a risk" and when it doesn't work, some very creative cover-up has to take place.

This "stone and encaustic" look was achieved once again by monoprinting walnut ink on the paper before running it through my printer. I did use Titan Buff Acrylic plus Pouring Medium to achieve that "hazy" encaustic look. As for the lettering...this particular surface feels like you're writing on a light coat of wax and very often the lettering almost disappears into the surface. For that reason, it is sometimes necessary to go over the lettering an additional time to make it dark enough to see. This does cause the spencerian script to lose some of its delicate line, but it simply cannot be helped. Even so, it's worth the trouble, but will require a little bit of practice to retrace the lettering. Just a few more additional things to try or think about.