Since the start of the year, I have slowly been purging my studio of materials I have acquired over the years. Each time I pick up an item, I ask myself if I really need this thing, will I ever do …
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I decided to embrace the fact that I am a beginner at encaustic. As a beginner, I allowed myself to mess it up, try different techniques, and play!
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June 5 - 29, 2014 Patricia Rovzar Gallery
A number of years ago, someone told me I needed to know Jane Fulton Alt. It was some of the best advice I’ve received in the photo world, and I am thrilled to share the work and the new monograph of a friend I so deeply admire. Jane has that rare ability to consider many
‘Sundance Variation I’
Join us to learn this lovely Faux Encaustic Technique! Create mysteriously beautiful misty effects for your Mixed Media art!
I'm not sure where my fascination with clusters of shapes and holes comes from, but I find myself coming back to this type of work again and again. From my quilled abstract works to this new line of encaustic pieces, clusters of circles are everywhere. I guess you could call me a trypophile, rather than a trypophobe.
Shipping encaustic art can be a bit tricky, and even mysterious. Here are some helpful packing and shipping tips to get your encaustic art there safely.
Encaustic is schilderen met de juiste benodigdheden zoals een speciaal ijzertje (lijkt op een strijkijzer), speciaal papier, encaustic wax
Artist Shary Bartlett explores using Alcohol Inks with Encaustic painting. She explores how the ink reacts with wax, safety concerns and questions
Dietlind Vander Schaaf is a New England Wax member who lives in Portland, Maine and shares a studio in West Falmouth with artist Anne Strout. Recently, fellow...
Encaustic means “to burn.” The ethereal quality of Betsy Eby’s encaustic paintings belies the labor-intensive process of their making—an ancient method involving heated wax, damar resin (the sap of a Southeast Asian pine), and pigment applied in translucent veils with brushes and knives. Using a blowtorch, she liquefies the wax and fuses the layers with […]
Some encaustic art Landscape examples. Lots of different styles.
Mixed-media artist Cathy Nichols provides 10 helpful tips for artists interested in discovering the world of encaustic art!
Have you ever seen encaustic art and found yourself drawn in? There is something about encaustic artwork that grabs the viewer in a way that is different from other […]
Oil paintings and photo encaustic works by Joyce Gehl.
By Kellie Day in Art Tutorials > Painting Tutorials I’ve always been fascinated by encaustic art and the eerie, soft look it has. All those layers of wax are incredibly intriguing, and up until recently, were a complete mystery to me as to how they were created. Just to give you an example, here’s a close-in detail of an encaustic piece entitled Fire Divided by encaustic artist and teacher Shawna Moore. Amazing, isn’t it? So smoky and soft, and textured! For those […]
When it comes to art, there are so many mediums and types that they can encompass a huge array of work. In this article, we will take you through some points around graphite art. Graphite pencils as opposed to ordinary writing pencils has a graphite lead that makes it easier to draw. As you may be aware if you are into arts, that drawing is the most basic of the visual arts with many artists struggling to do it right. Drawing in art is not only about observing the object that you are trying to draw but also the way light and shadow that plays on it and understanding it from your perspective. You can always resort to easy step by step art drawings to practice before going on to more complicated stuff.
How to paint with encaustic: 1. Prepare a substrate 2. Melt encaustic medium 3. Brush medium onto the substrate 4. Fuse every layer 5. The sky's the limit
Name: Robin Luciano BeatyLocation: Byfield, MassachusettsSize: 800 square feetYears worked in: 1½ years It was love at first site when I parked my car across the street from Robin’s art studio in Byfield. Her barn — set on an angle 50 feet from the road — is loosely landscaped with natural rock and wild flowers. A vintage blue Vespa sits out front adding to the warm, countryside feel.
