It took me about three months to talk myself into posting this video.  I had heard about people working with things like Venetian plaster in their encaustic paintings, but I've never tried to do anything like it before.  I'd been fixing a wall in my home, and decided some experiments in encaustic with the dry wall compound I had left over would be super fun.  I also decided to film the experiment, because I love when I can see artists try new things, even if they fail, and I managed to convince myself that others might find it helpful, as well.

So, I'm kind of a noob.  I realized that I made these canvases over a month ago, and I have yet to share them with you here!  I'm so proud of them, too.  I really pushed myself and my ideas to create these scrapbook pages on canvas.  I think…