Get started with Encaustic Painting If you’ve been asking yourself, “how do I do encaustic painting?” and now you’re ready to get started, this post will help you choose the encaustic […]
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This post was originally written by Victoria Wallace and published on March, 18, 2011. It has been expanded and rewritten by Ruth Maude, January 28, 2025 What is Encaustic Gesso?
For years, before encaustic, I painted in a grid, and my pieces often reminded people of quilts. Then along came the wax and my grid was gone! The wax didn’t
In the last part of 2009, my friend and fellow artist, Anne Smidt sent me an enthusiastic email asking if I wanted to be a part of a new project,
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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The Importance of Fusing in Encaustic Painting The word “encaustic” literally means “to burn in,” which is exactly what fusing does—it applies heat to remelt the layers, creating a strong
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It’s funny how, once we have seemingly mastered the basics about working in Encaustic, we forget how challenging they were to learn. I’m speaking specifically of using heat guns with
Waxing On: Encaustic Exploration Encaustic, by its nature, pulls us–as artists, into new territory. This is one of the aspects of it that I love. There is a sense that
