Cold wax medium oil paintings

I found a water-based cold wax medium called Powerwax which can be mixed with acrylics and can be a solution to those who only paint in acrylics but want to create beautiful textured and layered paintings! Check out my blogpost (and tutorial!) to learn more! #acrylicpaint #mixedmediaart #acrylicpaintingtutorials

How Long Does Cold Wax and Oil Paint Take to Dry? Read on to learn more about cold wax's drying time and how to speed it up.

While most of us work in encaustic, which is to say pigmented wax that is applied when molten and then fused to the layers beneath it, there are some artists who have committed in whole or in part to cold wax, a medium that needs no heat to be workable. In the conversation that follows we talk about the two kinds of cold wax available to painters. Rebecca Crowell, Porturlin, 2016; oil, cold wax, and pigments on panel, 36 x 60 inches Most of us are familiar with the solvent-based cold wax…

Small oil and cold wax

Oil and cold wax....Jan Shand

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Rebecca Crowell is an American abstract artist known for the rich, complex surfaces she creates with oil paint and cold wax medium. She is in fact widely recognized for her development of original techniques using cold wax medium. Crowell travels extensively for workshop teaching and artist residencies, both in the...

In the Marsh by Mary Mendla, Oil and Cold Wax Medium, 30 x 36 x 1.5