Ready to make your own encaustic wax? You’re going to need some beeswax as well as damar resin, which adds translucency and helps to harden your formula so you can properly blend in your pigments.

Encaustic artist MJ Seltzer is glad to be back to work in her chosen medium. The results can be seen at Huron Valley Council for the Arts. The exhibit, “Combustible: Wax on Paper – New Works by MJ ...

Artist Kim Covell Maurer is captivated by encaustic painting, an ancient, layered art form. Kim Covell Maurer is an artist who loves a good process. When she discovered the art of encaustic painting ...

Encaustic painting — the method of heating wax to create layered and captivating works of art — dates back as far as the fifth century B.C. “Nothing But Blue Skies,” encaustic and mixed media on ...

HAMILTON - Encaustic, a paint made from beeswax, resin and pigment, is a messy medium that produces a smooth result unlike other forms of painting. It can require sticky beeswax, harmful fumes, toxic ...

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