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Stages of Encaustic Gayundah - Final Port

13/6/2015
Originally I painted the oil version of Gayundah to enter into the Border Art Prize 2015 run by the Gold Coast City Art Gallery, but after painting it, found that it didn't meet the size criteria for that exhibition, so I decided to paint an Encaustic version of the same image.
Below are stages of how I created the Encaustic version of this work.

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HMQS Gayundah - Final Port. 95cm x 60cm - the final image
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Stage one - drawing the image onto my prepared substrate, using the original photo, and a photo of my oil version. I also had the original oil painting beside me.
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In my studio, ready for the first layers of wax to be applied over the drawing.
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Stage one - drawing the image onto my prepared substrate, using the original photo, and a photo of my oil version. I also had the original oil painting beside me.
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The substrate now has five or six layers of clear encaustic medium applied and fused.
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Stage one - drawing the image onto my prepared substrate, using the original photo, and a photo of my oil version. I also had the original oil painting beside me.
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Some of my encaustic mediums being heated on an electronic grill.
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First colours applied using R & F Oil Pigment & Blending Sticks, and fused.

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The oil version on the left, and the encaustic version on the right. The encaustic one is placed a little further forward, and is actually a bit smaller than the oil version.
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Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award

12/6/2015
All artwork in the Lethbridge 10000 Small Scale Art Award is now online.   Opening night and announcement of the winners is Saturday 13th June from 6pm at 136 Latrobe Terrace, Paddington. Qld.  

I have one painting in the finalists, and two in their online gallery.    

Check out my work and others on http://www.brettlethbridge.com/

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HMQS Gayundah - The Final Berth

6/6/2015
I am very excited about my latest painting - HMQS Gayundah - The Final Berth.   It is very large - 120cm x 76cm - Oil on Canvas.    My favourite for a long time.    Below are photos of the construction in stages of this work.  
Being a very large work, and the weather being so nice, I started painting it outside on the verandah next to my No. 1 studio (No 2 studio is my Encaustic studio).    I painted the first 3 stages outside, but stage 4 and 5 (the final day) I had to bring it inside, as the weather had become a lot colder and very windy.  
If you are interested in purchasing this work, or other works in this or other series, please visit my Galleries tab.  
This painting will form part of my "The Last Fleet" exhibition at the Gold Coast City Gallery in February 2016, but I will probably also enter it into at least one major Art Prize exhibition in the meantime.     
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The Final Painting. I am very pleased with this one.
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Stage 1 - drawing the image. Decided to work outside as the weather is beautiful.
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Stage 2 - The underpainting is complete and the white of the canvas covered.
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Stage 3 - Moving along with texture and work on the sky and foreground.
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Stage 4 - nearing completion. Just needs some push and pull.
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My latest Cherry Venture painting

3/6/2015
Just completed my last, and probably final Cherry Venture painting.   Now to move on to other shipwreck paintings.   I have some underwater shipwreck scenes that plan do start on soon.   Watch this space.
This Cherry Venture painting is quite large and painted with Oil on Canvas.    You can see it in my The Last Fleet Gallery in my Gallery tab.  
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Cherry Venture - Oil on Canvas - Her Journey Ends. Oil on Canvas - 122cm x 76cm
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    ​For as long as I can remember, I have been able to effortlessly and accurately sketch or draw an object or persons likeness.   I had an innate ability to look at a person or object, and accurately gauge the size, shape and colour, and distance, memorise that information and put it down on paper.  As a child and teenager, I particularly loved to draw faces to obtain a realistic likeness to that person.  This love also extended to drawing animals, and a lot of my teen years was spent drawing both from magazine photographs and from life.  This expanded both to drawing from life and using my own photographs as reference.
     
    Later, when I wanted to paint a landscape, building, or portrait of a person, I would complete a charcoal or pencil work as a preliminary study to work out composition, light and shade, and get a feeling for the subject.   This enabled me to see things as they really are.   Most of the time, my drawings were complete artworks in themselves.
     
    Drawing dates back to pre-history and was the earliest form of non-verbal communication between humans.  Drawing is a way to communicate thoughts and feelings, and enables us to see the world as it really is.   
     
    As Leonardo da Vinci once said,
    “Painting embraces all the ten functions of the eyes, that is to say, darkness, light, body and colour, shape and location, distance and closeness, motion and rest.”
    ​Some artists live in one part of the Universe of Art and explore a theme or themes. I have been strongly attracted to the exploration of different mediums, across the whole Universe of Art.
     
    My early years involved mostly oil and charcoal, with forays into watercolour, pastel and acrylic. With these mediums, I explored landscapes, portraits, abstracts and surreal.
     
    Recently, my life changed to allow more time for art, leading me into vigorous exploration of new areas of art. My two major new areas are encaustic art using hot beeswax and resin art using epoxy resin. At the same time, my life also changed with my marriage to a scientist with an interest in astrophotography and, with him, I have explored combining star images with charcoal drawings to convey the meaning of the Universe of Stars.
     
    Painting with hot beeswax:
    The ancient Greek art of encaustic painting with hot beeswax is another major realm in the Universe of Art.  Moving into a new house with a new husband gave me the opportunity to explore this exciting new art realm, since this form of art needs considerable work in establishing a dedicated studio and developing new and unusual art techniques.
     
    From 2014 to 2016, I developed abstract, image transfer and realist works, the latter focussing on a shipwreck series, which culminated in a solo exhibition called “The Last Fleet” at the Gold Coast City gallery in 2016. 
     
    I have also used the image transfer variation of encaustic painting to produce a series based on Australian native birds.
     
    Painting with resin:
    Over the last year, I entered yet another new realm of the Universe of Art: painting with epoxy resin. Like encaustic painting, this art form needs a dedicated studio, specific equipment, new techniques and a new approach to art. I am still exploring new variations of this exciting new realm of the Universe of Art but this exciting new area has already led to another solo exhibition called “New Beginnings”, at the One Arts Gallery, Isle of Capri, Gold Coast Queensland in the month of May 2017.
     
    What is resin?:
    Epoxy Resin used in art is an adhesive, plastic material made from synthetic polymers and mixed with a hardener in a specific ratio which varies for different brands.  Coloured pigments are added, and the mixture is generally poured onto a surface, mostly MDF, but sometimes other surfaces.   When cured, it becomes a very tough and hard surface.
     
    When resin, hardener and coloured pigments are mixed, it is in a fluid form and extremely sticky – a bit like honey.  An artist has to work very quickly to achieve their art with resin as it starts to cure after about 40 minutes – although it is possible to work a little longer before it becomes more like toffee.  Then it must be left undisturbed until at least the next day before progressing further with it. 
     
    Frequently I work with multiple layers to achieve incredible depth, so depending upon how many layers I use, a good artwork can take several days to develop.  The affects achieved with resin depend upon various ways that it is applied to the surface, and each artist develops their own techniques for manipulating the fluid medium to get the effects they want.  There is much more involved than just “throwing coloured resin onto a surface”.  An artist needs to develop a lot of skill to develop a unique and beautiful work.
     
    Applying heat either with a torch or heat gun is an important step for proper curing of the resin and hardener mix.  Proper mixing and exact volumes of resin and hardener are required for adequate curing.  Whilst it becomes quite solid to touch within 5 to 7 hours, it requires up to 48 hours for a complete cure. 
     
    Epoxy Resin requires a moderate level of safety precautions to avoid contact with the skin and eyes as well as avoiding the accumulation of vapours in the room. I wear protective clothing, nitrate gloves, and work in a room with cross-flow ventilation and when using solvents, a carbon mask.
     

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