Ready to make your own encaustic wax? You’re going to need some beeswax as well as damar resin, which adds translucency and helps to harden your formula so you can properly blend in your pigments.

At its simplest, encaustic painting is painting with wax, traditionally beeswax. The method was practiced by Greek artists as far back as the 5th Century B.C.E. The best known encaustic works are ...

Pam Caughey works on an encaustic painting at her studio near Hamilton recently. Caughey has been a painter for 30 years, but since 2008 she's worked in the complex medium that uses beeswax, resin, ...

Kristianne Tefft always knew that she wanted to be an artist. From a young age, Tefft was excited about art, awaiting the days when the “picture lady” would come to her class, showing different ...

Carrollwood Cultural Center exhibition is called "Encaustic Impressions: A Florida Wax Show." The ancient medium dates to the Greeks. Encaustic means "to burn in." TAMPA, Fla. - A new Carrollwood ...

Denver artist Jamie Lang sold nearly all of his small, handmade tiles during a recent crafts show, and he can only guess the reasons why. The adobe tiles are minimally decorated — with a red bicycle ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In the quiet darkness just before morning, LSA senior Ariela Steif leans over her work table.

Discover the magic of encaustic painting in this interactive demo designed for curious creatives of all levels. Rooted in an ancient technique dating back to the Greeks and Egyptians, encaustic is a ...

Unwind, get inspired, and explore the ancient art of encaustic painting at Wax & Relax, a hands-on Toronto art workshop. In this beginner-friendly encaustic painting class, you'll work with molten wax ...

AN ENCAUSTIC art workshop will be held at the Civic Arts Centre, in Union Road, Oswaldtwistle, from 10am until noon tomorrow. Encaustic art involves using heated beeswax on a surface such as wood or ...