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.

Area residents are invited to explore the vibrant and tactile world of encaustic painting during a special one-day workshop on April 25 at Owens Community College.

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 ...

The Durham Arts Council is offering a beginner glass bead making class on Jan. 23. Courtesy of Durham Arts Council A weekly roundup of home and garden classes, tours and more. Don’t see your event ...

Encaustic painting — the method of heating wax to create layered and captivating works of art — dates back as far as the fifth century B.C. "Nothing But Blue Skies," encaustic and mixed media on ...

At first, Colorado Springs artist Shannon Mello wanted to create 50 organically-shaped encaustic pieces made from plywood.

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Jim Inzero loved art, but was looking for a change when he discovered encaustic painting during a trip to Mexico. The paint involves the application of colored pigments to heated beeswax. He started ...

Works on Paper Art Exhibit by Nancy Drigotas — Kirk-Bear Canyon Public Library, 8959 E. Tanque Verde Road. An abstract look at nature and the universe on paper from paintings and monotypes. Dec. 1-31.

Encaustic painting — the method of heating wax to create layered and captivating works of art — dates back as far as the fifth century B.C. “Nothing But Blue Skies,” encaustic and mixed media on ...