Discover the essential materials used in encaustic painting, including encaustic paints, waxes, and pigments. Learn about the differences between beeswax, microcrystalline wax, and castor wax, how to make encaustic medium with damar resin, and techniques for colouring your wax medium. Explore material comparisons and gain insights into their properties to enhance your encaustic practice.
Originally published April 18, 2019 Do you reuse wax scrapings or throw them away? Perhaps you’re saving them with no idea how to use them. Scraping is a natural part […]
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Damar resin has long been the hardener of choice to combine with beeswax in encaustic medium recipes. Because of its high melting point, it aids in making a more robust
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Kama Pigments Encaustic Paints and Pigment Sticks Kama Pigments recently sent me some of their encaustic paints and pigment sticks to review, and I was eager to try them out.
Cold wax medium is a distinct medium and not the same as encaustic. While both are wax-based, they have unique characteristics and techniques that set them apart. What is Cold
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What are Wax Emulsion Water-Soluble Paints? Water-soluble wax paints are tube paints comprised of pigments in a wax binder. Although the manufacturers are branding them as encaustic paints they are
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Disclosure: Jacquard sent me a free sample of Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments to review for this post. I have shied away from using dry pigment powders since Gregory Wright’s patterned effects
Pre-made encaustic medium can readily be purchased but you will save money if you make it yourself. Many artists buy the raw materials and make their own. Here’s what you
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When I saw microcrystalline encaustic wax art displayed at The Artist Project in Toronto, I was very interested to see how it compares with beeswax encaustic medium. Of the ten
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