I had a blast last night at Judy's class! Due to a turn of events we ended up having the class in my garage. Which quite honestly worked out very nicely for me : ) Encaustic wax is quite the medium. It was a lot trickier to use than I had originally though it would be. But at the same time it looks so beautiful. I had a lot of fun layering on the wax, carving back, melting in as I made my meager attempts to conqure the medium. I was really surprised at how versatile it is! Judy brought some of her paintings to show as samples. They had collage pictures in the wax, transfered pictures, small objects, and some amazing paintings! Here is a little information Judy wrote about Encaustic Wax:
Encaustic wax art is pure organic beeswax and dammar resin. The pigments are high quality cakes of wax made with natural ingredients like oil paints. Encaustic which simply means to burn in. the wax is melted on a hot pallet and applied to the substrate hot, it cools instantly, then each layer is then reheated and the next layer is applied.
Encaustic painting is like nothing else it has a depth and luminosity that other mediums cannot achieve. Because the wax is malleable there are infinite possibilities. Each painting is unique.
via artdebustillos.com
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