Encaustic painting originated in Ancient Greece. The earliest written mention can be found in Pliny the Elder’s encyclopedia The Natural History.Over the following centuries, it was adopted by ...

Simply put, encaustic painting is a type of painting where artists paint not with pigment, but pigment infused with hot wax that can be applied to a surface to create a layered, textured ...

While encaustic painting can be restricted by time and climate, there's no restriction to what you can make. Take Laura Moriarty, a Kingston artist who has been working with encaustic paint for 12 ...

Artist Kim Covell Maurer is captivated by encaustic painting, an ancient, layered art form. Kim Covell Maurer is an artist who loves a good process. When she discovered the art of encaustic ...

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.

HAMILTON - Encaustic, a paint made from beeswax, resin and pigment, is a messy medium that produces a smooth result unlike other forms of painting. It can require sticky beeswax, harmful fumes ...

(Courtesy photo) "Subatomic" an encaustic painting by Hamilton artist Pamela Caughey is part of an exhibit that will be on display at Cawdrey Gallery in Whitefish. (Courtesy photo) "Walk the Dog ...

Discover the Art of Encaustic Painting at Wax & Relax – A Creative Workshop in Toronto Unwind, get inspired, and explore the ancient art of encaustic painting at Wax & Relax, a hands-on Toronto ...

Learn more. NORWAY — Norway Memorial Library is exhibiting ‘Common Work and Common Places: Works in Watercolor and Encaustic’ by Betsey Foster through January 2, 2023. Betsey Foster began ...