Tag Archives: gesso

Pan Pastel Love

Posted on July 15, 2011 by StephanieGreenArt in featured, Products
pan pastels encaustic

I just started using PanPastel with my encaustic and I love them! PanPastel® Colors are soft pastels in shallow pans instead of a stick format. They are highly pigmented, dry color medium and literally go on and blend like a … Continue reading →

Encaustic Gesso

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Victoria in featured, Products
encaustic-gesso

A fairly new product to the commercial art world is Encaustic gesso. A very good one, made by R & F Paints, allows us to: omit the initial beeswax ‘primer’ layer create a white, toothy, gesso’d surface ideal for Encaustics … Continue reading →

Encaustic and Soft Pastels

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Victoria in Techniques
Station to Station

My Encaustic painting, Station to Station, 18″ x 24″, is an example of the effect achieved by combining pastels (not oil!), used before the Encaustic medium is applied. This mixed media piece shows yet another reason to love Encaustic! Using … Continue reading →

Holy Grail Underpainting – Encaustic Gesso

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Hylla Evans in Products
Good Food, Jeff Schaller

So you think you know and love Holy Grail, the first gesso made for encaustic painting?  Well look again – there are over a dozen colors now and artists are having a field day using them straight, tinting them with … Continue reading →