Ready to make your own encaustic wax? You’re going to need some beeswax as well as damar resin, which adds translucency and helps to harden your formula so you can properly blend in your pigments.

At its simplest, encaustic painting is painting with wax, traditionally beeswax. The method was practiced by Greek artists as far back as the 5th Century B.C.E. The best known encaustic works are ...

Pam Caughey works on an encaustic painting at her studio near Hamilton recently. Caughey has been a painter for 30 years, but since 2008 she's worked in the complex medium that uses beeswax, resin, ...

Ember St. Amour is a reporter for the Midland Daily News, covering Midland County government and writing the weekly Business Matters feature. A recent graduate of Ferris State University, she brings ...

Artist Kim Covell Maurer is captivated by encaustic painting, an ancient, layered art form. Kim Covell Maurer is an artist who loves a good process. When she discovered the art of encaustic painting ...

Kristianne Tefft always knew that she wanted to do something with art. From a young age, Tefft was excited about art, awaiting the days when the “picture lady” would come to her class, showing ...

Carrollwood Cultural Center exhibition is called "Encaustic Impressions: A Florida Wax Show." The ancient medium dates to the Greeks. Encaustic means "to burn in." TAMPA, Fla. - A new Carrollwood ...

HAMILTON - Encaustic, a paint made from beeswax, resin and pigment, is a messy medium that produces a smooth result unlike other forms of painting. It can require sticky beeswax, harmful fumes, toxic ...