you can easily make encaustic paint using oil paint mixing into the melted encaustic medium. take a piece of newspapee or newsprint and lay oil paint squeezed out onto the paper. leave it so the oil drains out of the paint. then mix it into the melted medium. after melting and mixing pour it into your muffin tin to let it cool and you have a round block of encaustic paint.
that looked like a lot of work but the result was worth it. It looked fantastic. I had never heard of encaustic medium before but I might have to get me some. It looked like fun to play with.
Wow! A fun way to play :) I haven't seen someone use a melting pot before and was curious how it worked - seems pretty convenient. I never would have guessed this was only the fourth time you used this medium. You did a beautiful job! I want to try, but I think my first few times will involve a small iron and crayons, LOL :)
That is just gorgeous France! I will admit, I wasn't so sure about the white at first, it was just too bold...and then you kept going and after a bit it just came to life...love, love that yumminess! I got my daughter encaustics for Christmas...I may be sneaking into them while she's at school today...shhhh, it'll be our secret! =)
I have never tried the encaustic media and it looks like fun tho a bit complicated. Thanks for showing us how it works. Love the ending project. Cheers, Vron
If you mix the encaustic medium with the paint it will make it transparent and extend each "brick" of that expensive paint, check out the Conrad Wilde Encaustic Gallery in Arizona, USA. Look at Miles Conrad, he is an encaustic artist for inspiration. Nice video
Beautiful piece of art. Thank you for sharing so many techniques. I'm glad I found you. :) Your voice is very soothing and calming. You, of course, have a beautiful accent. And, your work is exceptional. Thanks, again. Iris
Beautiful piece. Maybe someone else already mentioned that you can fuse the pan pastel into your piece so it won’t transfer to your hands or to your clear medium when you go over it. Just lightly fuse and then once it cools rub your paper towel over to see if you pick up the pastel. If you do fuse and and repeat as many times as you need to to seal it into your wax.
I thought your demonstration was fascinating, & the resulting journal page/artwork just beautiful. One quick question: could you use beeswax crayons as pigments in your encaustic? I have thought about playing around with a sort of faux encaustic. I'm on a fixed income, so there's no way I could afford to buy the supplies & tools needed for the real thing, but I'd love to experiment. Thank you so much for your wonderful tutorials. You're a great inspiration.
Gosh! Not till close ups at end that you really see results, very cool. I have a melt pot & tub of beeswax - unopened... Bought it at least 6 months ago? Hmm.. Keep saying "when I have reorganised craft space"? Have seen wax melted but not used as you did, very interesting indeed. Also had totally different understanding of encaustic art. So, you have taught me new things (again). Always amazes me how much time you spend getting it 'just so', a perfectionist! Amazing. Tfs :)
Wow! There are so many little details I caught in the video that I missed when I first looked at the photo - like the dots of red and blue using the embossing stylus. I thought the blue scratches were some type of fiber initially. Really lovely piece, France.
Thank you so much for showing how your beautiful piece was made. I have long been fascinated with encaustics, but didn't want to try until I had a basic understanding. I LOVE this piece, France! Time to break out the beeswax and melting pot!
I so enjoy watching you create, especially liked how you would make marks, fill in with pastel and remove the excess with linseed oil -- and the washer and heart just made the piece.
This is wonderful. I finally got to sit down and watch it and am so glad I did. Good thing I do not have any money right now tho, if I did I'd be out buying the stuff to try my hand at some of the techniques. (and believe me I already have WAYYYYY too much stuff in my studio!) Again, LOVE IT! TFS
Hi France could you please review *MPO*! it's a new encaustic medium from Canada, I think its an amazing product but I wanted to have your opinion on it...
Though my encaustic has changed a lot since this video, Belgium is still an encaustic no man's land! We're very happy to have access to R&F products now. I'd love to discover the MPO you're talking about, if I can get my hands on it without loosing my wallet in the game... ;)
This is a beautiful and very interesting video. I had heard of encaustic but was never sure exactly what it was and how to use it. I found watching your process very helpful and I love your finished piece. TFS - Lynn
I enjoyed this video so much: it encouraged me to think I can at some point work with encaustic media. I had the great pleasure of making four small encaustic cards a couple of years ago and totally fell in love with the fluidity and vibrancy of the waxes. I found them to be like watercolour in the way that they sort of took on a life of their own very quickly. Amazing! And I love the way you inserted your ❤️ ! Thank you!
Interesting technique. I like how you explain each step, but I found the background music distracting. Maybe it is just me. I have trouble with background noise.
I have never tried encaustic art as of yet and your humble approach to it really made me feel confident that I can also try it. Only you can limit what you are willing to try. I strongly also feel that nothing is perfect and it only adds to an art piece's character in my opinion. Love your tutorial and found you very welcoming to a new art form to me. Thank You so much for your non-imposing approach to a very intriguing medium.
This was very helpful as someone who is learning and about to embark on her encaustic journey, thank you! And you absolutely should take joy in the process and not worry about "perfection"!!
I watched this years ago and it was very appreciated then. I just watched it again, and am so grateful again at your clarity and ability to instruct while clearly keeping the student's point of view in mind. Thank you!
+Julie Bishop No sealing ;) As long as you don't place it directly in the sun or above a heater, there's no problem, just like with any other painting.
France, This is so beautiful, love the rusty washer and heart. Your voice and your music simply soothing, I felt I was in the room with you. I can hardly wait to try this. When you come back to New York...will you do any classes? I'm upstate from the 'City' but would take time off work and drive down to be in one. TFS.
Diane11651 it is my understanding that you need a hard surface to hold the weight of the wax. I would try a canvas panel vs. the one stretched over a framed wooden edge. France demoed on paper with a plaster paper covering, and I started learning on watercolor paper.
