encaustic painting
Heated wax medium
Encaustic painting is a technique using pigments mixed with hot wax, typically beeswax, applied to a surface while molten.
The wax is then reheated to fuse the layers, creating a luminous, textured finish.
The method dates to ancient Egypt and Greece—some of the oldest surviving painted portraits use encaustic.
She prefers encaustic painting for its rich surface quality.
- beeswaxHoneycomb building material
- fusingJoining by melting
- heat sourceOrigin of thermal energy
- blowtorchPortable directed-flame device
- heat gunDevice emitting directed warmth
scraping · hot plate · incising · layering · burnishing · palette knife · luminous · canvas · glazing · translucent · texturing · surface texture · iron · spatulas · art supplies · embedding · polishing · smooth finish
- wax craftscandle making, wax figures, wax sealing, wax seals, waxwork
- Greek Artfresco, mosaic, red-figure, black-figure, ceramic painting
- wax itemscandle, taper candle, votive candle, pillar candle, birthday candle
painting medium/binder
encaustic paintingoil painting
Art made with linseed-bound pigments
watercolor painting · fresco · watercolor · tempera · gouache