WEEFC sponsored: Encaustic painting
Encaustic is a Greek word
meaning “to heat or burn in” (enkaustikos). Heat is used throughout the
process, from melting the beeswax and varnish to fusing the layers of wax.
Encaustic consists of natural bees wax and dammar resin (crystallized tree
sap). The medium can be used alone for its transparency or adhesive qualities
or used pigmented. Pigments may be added to the medium, or purchased colored
with traditional artist pigments. The medium is melted and applied with a brush
or any tool the artist wishes to create from. Each layer is then reheated to
fuse it to the previous layer
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