Encaustic painting tutorial

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

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

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

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

Photo encaustic begins by printing photographs on paper, adhering the paper to a substrate then painting with encaustic on top of the photo.

Alicia Tormey🔹Artist & Creative Guide on Instagram: "Yes…it’s true… I paint with wax. And…nope…it’s not going to melt. Encaustic paint does contain beeswax as the base, but it also contains Damar resin, which is a natural tree gum that increases the hardness, clarity, and overall melting temperature of the paint. So even though encaustic is a wax based paint, it’s incredibly durable. #encaustic #encausticpainting #encausticartist #encausticart #paintingtechniques #shellacburn"

Faux Encaustic Technique by Heather Tracy for The Graphics Fairy

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 […]

by Jessica Burko of Reclaimed To You Over the years I have increasingly utilized encaustic medium in my mixed-media artwork. Basic enc...