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My Favorite Encaustic Artists, Part One
Now that I’m working again, I’ve started checking out the blogs and websites of some favorite artists. To see what everyone’s been up to while I was busy not doing arty things. It will probably take me...
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More Great Books for Christmas
Here are my favorite encaustic books by contemporary artists and each one is a revelation whenever I open the cover. I can just see these books under the tree in every encaustic artist’s home! Mattera,...
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Real Encaustic, Faux Richter
I have to admit I’m enjoying the faux Richter process, and the results aren’t bad. I may soon be able to call this work “Richter-inspired” rather than faux. If you don’t know what I’m talking about,...
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Giant Encaustic Egg
This being the end of a long week here at Gulag Hive, I want to direct my thoughts and good wishes to Dublin where Niamh of Thislittlestudio is doing something truly egg-spirational. Just go there now...
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Encaustic Glaze Week–Hot Glaze
David Aronson (1923-). Bell-Boy. Encaustic, 28.5″ x 18.5″. Last time I talked about a very simple adaptation to the encaustic medium recipe we all use. Instead of the standard 8 parts beeswax to 2...
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Glaze Week Continues
I’m in a glaze myself today as we finally reach Friday here at The Hive. In my first post I talked about a glaze made from an enhanced version of the wax medium recipe that we all use. In the next...
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Victor Brauner Week
The Hive Encaustic is going to be quiet this week while I get my life together. Every morning I drag myself out of bed earlier than nature intended to assemble blog posts and other bon mots of the...
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Cold Wax Paint Redefined
Good morning. We’re going to talk about cold wax paint this week—a subject that one would think I’d already exhausted. I’ve written how cold wax paint can be used in encaustic work, it can be treated...
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Intarsia the Impossible Continues
I finally learned something about intarsia. For those of you who don’t know, intarsia is a basic encaustic technique (and one I should have figured out ages ago). Essentially, intarsia is an inlay...
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Encaustic Materials and Methods by Francis Pratt and Becca Fizell
Cover of Encaustic Materials and Methods: A facsimile edition. Encaustic Materials and Methods is finally here! Long-time followers of this blog may remember that I’ve been talking about bringing the...
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