Wonderful demonstration. I have wondered, because the eyes of so many of these portraits look the same, wide eyed and large, if those were the ones copied from the already deceased, perhaps using a stamp of sorts and then the face painted around the stamp.
Wow ! Very interesing video So glad I stumbled in to this . To me it seemed more like a tutorial. I love painting portrait on corrugated cardboard using acrylic paints. It has now become such a fetish and ritualistic hobby as well as a joyful process. Love it❤ Thank you so much Utube . This information is so priceless I will cherish ot like gold.( I always wanted to give encaustic painting a try)
Thats was a magnificent demonstration! Is there a chance to see the whole process of painting that portrait?Like from beggining to end unedited, or anything that goes more into depth on the skin tones and the way they were applied?
These portraits are not of Romans, but of ancient Egyptians in the Roman era, and they were buried according to the ancient Egyptian religion, which is carving or drawing pain on the coffin.
Resins must be added to the wax to harden the paint, or it is not very durable. The origins of encaustic wax paint are from people sealing their boats with resin and wax... and eventually adding pigment to the medium for decoration. I didn't see her add any resin to the mixture. Without the resin, the medium wouldn't be resilient enough to last for millenia, I would think. I am, BTW, an encaustic artist who has been using this medium for about 20 years. ;)
she must have gotten her colors mixed up the skin colors of the portraits they are not black ... at least this is what social media keeps insisting is historically true .... hmm I am so confused
No, the fayum portraits were mostly of settler greeks in the fayum. The colors are right. You do know these are of Greek, Syrians etc. aristocrats in roman Egypt time right? Maybe not. You people can't discern much.
It was a Roman and Greek painting style. You can see similar techniques in Pompei. Egyptian art didn't have realistic portraiture. Stop spreading ignorance.
