Video: About Encaustic Wax Painting

This Season: Tailgating; New Year, New You; Tax Time

An overview of encaustic wax painting techniques including appearance and materials; learn this and more in this free online art lesson about encaustic wax painting and its uses taught by expert John Vanderbrooke.

Comments

Lesley Apr 21, 2011
r u retarded?

Video Transcript

I want you to take a look at beginning encaustic painting. We're here at Gallery North, which is an artist owned co-op in Edmonds, Washington. And I've invited you here to talk to you about encaustic painting. Now, encaustic painting means melted wax painting and it's a very old ancient art form. The Egyptians were doing it 2000 years ago and if you're a traditional encaustic painter, you usually have a hot plate like a pancake griddle on which you put a whole bunch of pots, melt different colored waxes, dip brushes into it and begin to put very heavy layers of wax on usually a wooden board. Then they will carve into that wax, put things into that wax, pour different colors into it and sometimes build up a quarter-inch thick of wax. I use a different method. I call it a European encaustic painting method that I learned from Michael Bossom in Wales, and this is all done with hot tools.

Follow eHow: Follow @eHow

About Encaustic Wax Painting

Comments

Related Ads

Related Articles & Videos