Wax painting art

Alicia Tormey🔹Artist & Creative Guide on Instagram: "Yes…it’s true… I paint with wax. And…nope…it’s not going to melt. Encaustic paint does contain beeswax as the base, but it also contains Damar resin, which is a natural tree gum that increases the hardness, clarity, and overall melting temperature of the paint. So even though encaustic is a wax based paint, it’s incredibly durable. #encaustic #encausticpainting #encausticartist #encausticart #paintingtechniques #shellacburn"

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 […]

The addition of cold wax completely transforms the oil painting experience. Add cold wax to oil paint to thicken the consistency and give a matte, velvety finish. Retain brush strokes on the canvas and speed up drying time for a more expressive feel to the oil painting process. #coldwaxpainting #coldwax #coldwaxmedium #coldwaxoilpaint #coldwaxart #impasto #texturepainting #oilpaintingmediums #oilpaintingtechniques #oilpainting #expressivepainting #expressionistpainting #arttutorials

Make learning fun with secret messages and drawings! Wax resist painting is a fun process art that can encourage kids to read and write!

How to add collage to your cold wax and oil painting. You can use any collage element you want but I prefer thin (silk) paper which I adhere with cold wax medium.

Did you know you can create paintings with candles? According to Create with Mom, the blog featuring how to do this technique, paraffin pillar candles work best. You draw a design on some plain pap…

Discover this exciting, versatile medium and explore the many ways you can incorporate it into your own process. This introductory class – first in a series – introduces the basics of working with cold wax medium and oil paint, and is a great foundation to build upon to move on to more advanced techniques. In this class we will cover: • What Is Cold Wax? • Substrates & Supports • Basic Tools & Supplies • Mixing Cold Wax with Oil Paint • Applying the Mixture to Substrates • Mark-making…

WAX RESIST LEAF PAINTING - kids will love this fun fall art idea. It's a great nature art project for kids to enjoy and the results are subtle and gorgeous!

In this blogpost you’ll find the basic materials you need to paint with CWM. I have added a link with a printable PDF with these materials and more ‘not really indispensable’ materials (like yummy Marabu Art Crayons, gilding wax, R&F oil sticks and more) at the bottom of this blog post.

Protecting and preserving watercolors hasn’t always been an easy task. So if you are having trouble when applying varnishes to your paintings to...