Encaustic Impressions 

Thank you Carol. Its a fabulous medium to work with.

Hi Lynn. The small pots are stainless steel measuring cups with handles. Maybe you can’t get them where you are. I’m in the UK.

Thank you Adriana.

Thank you for your comments. I’m glad you found the video helpful. I do use oil paint. Make sure it is of good quality though not extremely cheap versions - these seem to ooze oil when you open them. You will know when you mix the oil paint into the wax if you have too much paint. If you make a few small batches you can let it set and if the wax is bendy there is too much oil paint. I use silicone cake moulds to make up the colour. Another trick is to let the oil paint sit on a piece of kitchen roll before you add it to the wax just so it absorbs the oil. You can also use oil pastels to colour the paint. Once again make sure these are lightfast if you want to sell your work. If you rub the oil paint over the surface of the wax and then wipe off the excess this also works very well. You will know if you have too much oil paint as it won’t mix in properly and leave wet oily patches on your work. Just wipe them off and apply in thinner layers. The best thing is to experiment. Less is more with oil paint. You can buy ready made small blocks of wax medium too - these often are just wax and pigment without the damar resin (needed to keep the wax hard). So ideally you need to mix them with encaustic medium to use in your work. I use a ratio of 8:2 Beeswax to Damar and use a deep fat fryer to melt. Cheap and cheerful and very easy to control the temperature. I hope this is of help. I’d love to see your work when you get going. I’m on instagram Melanie.williams1 if you ever get around to sharing your work.

Thank you Angela.