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Pan Pastel Love
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
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
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
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
