A Beginner’s Guide to Encaustic Painting | Art made with Beeswax

The Encaustic Beginner’s Guide tutorials will help those of you who are looking to get started with encaustic painting to learn about materials, tools & techniques.

As you learn to paint with encaustic medium you will want to come back and read about more advanced encaustic techniques but for now, start with these getting started posts to learn about setting up your studio space with the essential encaustic supplies and tools.

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Beginners start here to learn about Encaustic Wax Painting

New to encaustic painting, that’s great! You’ll love working with this versatile art medium as much as we do!

Encaustic can be frustrating and very forgiving all rolled into one. When you aren’t happy with a result, scrape down to start over or keep working in layers on top of a piece. You can return to a painting years later, fuse it and start to paint again. It is all too easy as a beginner to encaustic painting to over fuse or scrape too hard or too soon into soft wax and ruin what you had. Practice does help an artist develop skill with the medium and tools.

Wax is a beautiful medium for working with photography and collage. It is an ongoing journey of discovery. Welcome.

How to do Encaustic Painting | Frequently Asked Questions

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How to get started with Encaustic Painting | List of Tools & Supplies

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Encaustic Painting Process | How to paint with Encaustic

Before you begin to paint with encaustic, you'll need to pick up encaustic art supplies and set up a studio space. Once you have all the supplies you need in
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The History of Encaustic Painting from Fayum Funeral Portraits to Today

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How to make your own Encaustic Medium | Instructions & Recipes

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How to Prepare Substrates for Encaustic … for photo encaustic and more

The topic of substrates and how to prepare them for encaustic art is often confusing for beginners. Choosing a substrate for Encaustic art When choosing a substrate, make sure it
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Tools for Fusing Encaustic | How to fuse with different tools

Fusing is important when working with Encaustic When painting with encaustic, one needs to fuse the first layer of wax to the substrate and then each subsequent layer needs to
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Using Heat Guns with Encaustic for Beginners

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How to sign an encaustic painting

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Encaustic and Collage / Mixed Media / Assemblage

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