Creative Paint Workshop for Mixed-Media Artists

What Is Encaustic Painting? Encaustic painting is a technique of heating a mixture of beeswax and dammar resin, and applying it ...

Equipment An encaustic workspace can look more like a kitchen than a studio. You will need a hotplate or griddle on which to mel ...

You can buy beeswax in bulk too. If you do this, make sure that you buy filtered and refined beeswax, not bleached (which will l ...

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Frequently Asked Questions DOES ENCAUSTIC PAINT MIX WITH OTHER MEDIA? Yes, you can mix it with oils, but bear in mind that wax d ...

104 I CREATIVE PAINT WORKSHOP ABOVE: Class of 1903, Ann Baldwin, 5" x 9" (12,7 x 22,9 cm), encaustic, collage on cigar box lid, ...

Palimpsest #3, Ann Baldwin, 10" x 8" (203 x 25.4 em). encaustic, collage on Masonite glued to canvas on heavy stretcher bars, lO ...

HOW CAN YOU REDUCE THE OPACITY OF ENCAUSTIC PAINTS? That's an easy one- transparency can be increased by adding more clear mediu ...

HOW DO YOU AVOID MELTING PREVIOUS LAYERS WHEN FUSING? This is a tricky technique. It's best to use a heat gun with low, medium, ...

HOW DO YOU USE STENCILS WITH HOT WAX? Don't make the mistake of using plastic stencils, They give off toxic fumes and become hor ...

HOW DO YOU CLEAN UP YOUR BRUSHES AFTERWARD? , '-I ~ My short answer is: don't! Keep a separate brush for each color, It's perfec ...

Step-by-Step Encaustic Painting Keep your first project simple. For this demonstration I painted on a small wooden box with deep ...

3 Transfer Chromium Oxide paint from the hot griddle with a brush and smoothed with a heated metal palette knife. 5 Lay a duplic ...

Step-by-Step Encaustic Pai nti ng (continued from page 111 ) 7 Use a hard metal tool to etch into the layer of paint, revealing ...

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U sing Digital Photographs in Mixed-Media Painting With the proliferation of digital cameras and d esktop printers, tak- ing and ...

The search for particular imagery can be fun, making you observe the world with fresh eyes. Need a particular tex- ture, such as ...

Photographing Individual Objects Individual objects may be more challenging to photograph, depending on the lighting and the bac ...

Computer Manipulation Some simple understanding of software such as Photoshop or Photoshop Elements will make it possible to ach ...

Printing Your Images SIZE Another advantage of having a stock of your own digital images on your computer is that you can print ...