Encaustic wax art ideas

Collaging with encaustic paint and napkins. Mixed media collage process videos.

By Kellie Day in Art Tutorials > Painting Tutorials I’ve always been fascinated by encaustic art and the eerie, soft look it has. All those layers of wax are incredibly intriguing, and up until recently, were a complete mystery to me as to how they were created. Just to give you an example, here’s a close-in detail of an encaustic piece entitled Fire Divided by encaustic artist and teacher Shawna Moore. Amazing, isn’t it? So smoky and soft, and textured! For those […]

Clay tools work well for scraping, incising, and gouging encaustic wax. Here are a few of my favourites with links so you can buy them for your own studio.

Faux Encaustic Technique by Heather Tracy for The Graphics Fairy

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

Wanna learn how to make encaustic photos? Here I’ll show you how to transfer photos onto wax! Far out! Gesso setup These are 10×15 inch pine boards. And yes, I have lots of storage in my shelf by the window. My dining room is really more of a studio working space. Waxing setup We space-time … Encaustic photo tutorial Read More »

The ladies of Wax Works West have put together one of the most comprehensive DVDs available on a variety of techniques, methods, and creative inspirations fo...

Ethereal Encaustics with Donna Martin