Category Archives: General

New York City: Encaustic on View

Jasper_Johns-FLAG

This past week we visited MOMA (Museum of Modern Art) and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. We went to see great masters such as van Gogh, Picasso, Monet and Modigliani, seeing encaustic art at the galleries … Continue reading

Getting Started: Encaustic basics

encuastic paint

If you’re interested in painting with encaustics this post will help you get started with the right supplies and tools. Continue reading Continue reading

Microcrystalline Encaustic

Nina Sampaleanu

I have never worked with microcrystalline in encaustic so I was very interested in how it compares to beeswax when I saw it displayed earlier this month at The Artist Project in Toronto. Of the ten artist showing encaustic artwork, … Continue reading

Connections

Tulips on Edge

Since launching All Things Encaustic I have been “meeting” many artists online and a few face-to-face. The f2f connections last week were at The Artist Project Toronto, online connections include Ning, Twitter, Facebook and Flickr. NING I followed a link … Continue reading

Encaustic Painting – Introduction/History

Fayum Funeral Portrait, Mummy Portrait of a Woman, Antinoopolis, End of the Reign of Trajan, 98-117 A.D., Wax portrait on wood

A great introduction to Encaustic Painting from The Artist’s Handbook by Ralph Mayer. Includes a look at the History of Encaustic. Continue reading Continue reading

Encaustic for Everyone!

Encaustic with gold leaf and photocopy transfer

Welcome to the All Things Encaustic. I’m very excited about this new project and hope that this site will serve the encaustic community well. I’m looking for experienced and well-respected artists who love encaustic to blog here about various encaustic … Continue reading