Encaustic painting

Encaustic Painting: the tools you need to get started. Links & tips showing you what to buy and how to setup your encaustic art studio.

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Encaustic paintings available for purchase.

Student Gallery of images created by photo encaustic students in either the online class or a studio workshop.

I finished a commissioned piece that will be hung in a beautiful new Aspen, CO home, and thought it might be nice for my client to get a little insight into the process of building up an encaustic painting. My paintings can consist of anywhere between 10-20 layers of wax, and sometimes it's fun to…

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Using wood glue and loving the texture and patterns that come out of each unique encaustic piece.

For my first five years working in encaustic, I took pleasure in making the surface of my paintings smooth and bubble free. I loved the process and the seductive feel of my finished pieces. Eventually though, I needed texture and sculptural elements to tell my story. I had begun a series of paintings showing evidence of time passing and the complexity of accumulated years: walls peeling, layers revealed, rough textures. I experimented by embedding canvas and papers in wax. That worked fairly…

In this post, I interview artist Elizabeth Schowachert, asking her questions about mounting an encaustic monotype to a panel.

Alanna Sparanese | Encaustic Artist

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!

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

Collaging with encaustic paint and napkins. Mixed media collage process videos.

Photo encaustic on a paper ground involves printing a photograph, adhering it to a panel, and painting over it with encaustic wax medium

Discover loads of information relating to various encaustic wax melting processes. Learn about tools, materials, support and recipes or the archived section

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Faux Encaustic Technique by Heather Tracy for The Graphics Fairy