Encaustic painting

Encaustic Painting: the tools you need to get started. Links & tips showing you what to buy and how to setup your encaustic art studio.

5 ways to add fine details to your encaustic paintings

The possibilities are endless—encaustic paintings can be abstract or realistic, subtle or bold—and the wax itself is enormously sensual. It’s really all about incorporating your own style into this wonderful medium. Heres how to get started with encaustic painting: #abstract #Encaustic #Encausticart #waxpainting #painting #paint #art #artists #painting

Student Gallery of images created by photo encaustic students in either the online class or a studio workshop.

I decided to embrace the fact that I am a beginner at encaustic. As a beginner, I allowed myself to mess it up, try different techniques, and play!

Using wood glue and loving the texture and patterns that come out of each unique encaustic piece.

Encaustic is one of the oldest artistic mediums in the world. But there is nothing old-fashioned about this art. Every new generation of artists brings a new and lively way of working with the encaustic art materials, from color choices to embellishments to mark-making. Mixed-media artist Cathy Nichols enjoys creating bright, lively encaustic paintings, and has provided ten helpful tips for all artists interested in painting with hot wax. Enjoy this mini lesson from Cathy's Encaustic…

Napkin collage art using encaustic paint. Encaustic collage videos

Discover loads of information relating to various encaustic wax melting processes. Learn about tools, materials, support and recipes or the archived section

Encaustic is a painting technique that involves using pigmented hot wax to create art. Here you'll learn about encaustic techniques & tools.

For my first five years working in encaustic, I took pleasure in making the surface of my paintings smooth and bubble free. I loved the process and the seductive feel of my finished pieces. Eventually though, I needed texture and sculptural elements to tell my story. I had begun a series of paintings showing evidence of time passing and the complexity of accumulated years: walls peeling, layers revealed, rough textures. I experimented by embedding canvas and papers in wax. That worked fairly…

Alanna Sparanese | Encaustic Artist

encaustic paintings by Robin Luciano Beaty

How to paint with encaustic: 1. Prepare a substrate 2. Melt encaustic medium 3. Brush medium onto the substrate 4. Fuse every layer 5. The sky's the limit

Encaustic Beeswax by Theresa Stirling

Encaustic art is made from molten beeswax and damar resin, a crystallized sap that derives from fir trees.