The posts in this category cover a wide variety of Encaustic Techniques. Encaustic is a very versatile medium. There are seemingly endless possibilities for creating art. Check back often to learn more techniques and tips for encaustic wax painting.
Encaustic Art The Complete Guide to Creating Fine Art with Wax by Lissa Rankin If you are new to encaustic art, start with this book! It covers all of basics …
Drawing on Tissue Paper | Encaustic Painting Technique More »
As would happen to most artists, I found myself continually staring at a piece I’d created several months ago that didn’t seem to hit the mark. There were aspects I …
Creating texture in Encaustic art Some of my encaustic paintings this past year are very textured. I’ve been playing with building up layer upon layer of encaustic medium using a …
Learn How to Create Encaustic Accretion | Encaustic Texture Technique More »
Hello, I ‘m a creative artist living and working in Middle Tennessee. Since 2009 I have been working on a series of Encaustic paintings using a unique process of transferring ink from recycled …
Encaustic Technique: transferring ink from magazine pages More »
Shellac gives different patterned effects depending on the amount of time it is allowed to dry. Wet shellac ignites and burns. Before trying a wet shellac burn with encaustic please read …
Encaustic Wet shellac burn demo | Encaustic paint and shellac technique More »
It has been a week since I was at the 5th International Encaustic Conference. Last Sunday (June 5th) I attended Lorraine Glessner’s demo on Branding with Heat and Fire. Lorraine’s …
Patterned Effects & Visual Texture with Gregory Wright Last week Artist Thea Haubrich posted new Encaustic work on Facebook. In this painting, she used a shellac burn technique to create …
How to use Shellac with Encaustic | Painting and Safety Tips More »
Photo Encaustics: Experimenting with Encaustic Photographs After attending an excellent presentation by Danielle Correia at last year’s Encaustic Conference on painting with encaustic on photographs, I have done some experimenting …
Encaustic Photographs | Experimenting with Photos & Hot Wax More »
