Townswoman Print

Encaustic painting From the Series of paintings "Windows and Doors" Encausic wax and rusted details. Encaustic hot wax painting, involves using heated encaustic medium to which colored pigments have been added for creating artworks. Molten medium is applied to a surface — usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are sometimes used. The simplest encaustic medium could be made by adding pigments to wax, though recipes most commonly consist of beeswax and damar resin. Metal tools and special brushes can be used to shape the medium as it cools. Also, heated metal tools including spatulas, knives and scrapers can be used to manipulate the medium after it has cooled onto the surface. Additionally, heat lamps, torches, heat guns, and other methods of applying heat are used by to fuse and bind the medium. Because medium is thermally malleable, the can be also sculpted, materials collaged or layered into the medium.