Faux encaustic

My new Vintage Beeswax Baked Texture , one of seven embossing powders for artists in my new collection from Emerald Creek , is a uniq...

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

I love the look of encaustics and have always thought that the effect would lend itself well to my work. But the lack of ventilation a...

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A blog to share mixed media art & tutorials. I use vintage, shabby chic & timeworn styles & love using DecoArt, Andy Skinner & Tim Holtz products.

The one thing I DON'T like about doing Encaustic paintings is the cost... seriously it adds up. Each small brick can cost up to $20, and m...

In this Encaustic map painting I've combined two maps of Raleigh. The first is a map from July 1797- "Plan of the City of Raleigh with all the improvements & all the Numbers july 1th, 1797". This is a plan for Raleigh's downtown. I printed it and used gel medium to adhere it to the wood board. Once I added a few layers of wax, I used a clay tool to make lines in the wax over the block squares, then filled them with burnt sienna oil paint.

Faux Encaustic Technique by Heather Tracy for The Graphics Fairy

This weeks inspiration in my studio came from my anticipation of an online class I'm starting next week from LalyMille Layers Of Light Laly Mille Laly is all about finding your inner light through painting. I took some time out to warm up, play and get my supplies together to start the workshop. In the meanwhile, it inspired me to create six new pieces of mixed media collage. This little pink hummingbird is one of them. Part of the class will be about encaustic layering of wax over art work…

Cloth Paper Scissors magazine spent a day learning encaustic art from artist Nancy Tobey, who showed us fantastic techniques to create unique artwork.