Encaustic painting

By Kellie Day in Art Tutorials > Painting Tutorials I’ve always been fascinated by encaustic art and the eerie, soft look it has. All those layers of wax are incredibly intriguing, and up until recently, were a complete mystery to me as to how they were created. Just to give you an example, here’s a close-in detail of an encaustic piece entitled Fire Divided by encaustic artist and teacher Shawna Moore. Amazing, isn’t it? So smoky and soft, and textured! For those […]

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encaustic paintings with artistic embellishments and collage with multimedia applications showing the beauty of encaustic art and multimedia layers of color and design

Resources for artists: Encaustic Supplies, materials, Encaustic tutorials

Mixing my own shellac has really helped me create better shellac burns in my encaustic paintings. Definitely worth it!

Learn encaustic painting. How to add collage and assemblage to encaustic painting. Set up an encaustic studio.

I decided to embrace the fact that I am a beginner at encaustic. As a beginner, I allowed myself to mess it up, try different techniques, and play!

I am so glad to finally be finished with this piece. :) It really seemed to take forever because I kept trying to use shortcuts with the supplies I had, and nothing was working. Lesson learned- when trying a new encaustic technique, follow the recipe! I painted this on a cradled wood panel, 6*6. I

Make it yourself encaustic paint medium. Learn the right temperatures to mix your own encaustic medium for your studio.

Poetic Plaster & Wax With Ivy Newport & Petra Hrziwnatzki