![]() We hope you are enjoying these demo videos. (Don’t leave the tape on overnight or your paint might chip and crack when you remove it.) Allowing the painting to cool down for 10 to 20 minutes will enable you to remove the tape easily. If you remove the tape while the painting is still very hot, some of the paint underneath sections of tape may come up as well. (If you fuse too much, the tape might lift from the surface and allow medium to travel underneath.)Īpply one or two layers of encaustic paint and fuse lightly.Īllow the paint to cool slightly before removing the tape. If you apply more than one layer, fuse carefully to be sure you have bonded both layers to the layer below. Be sure the medium covers the lip of tape completely. Lightly warm the surface of your painting.Īpply blue painter’s tape (or other easily removable low tack tape).īrush a layer or two of encaustic medium across the section where you will be painting. This is best done as a surface technique because you cannot maintain that clean edge if you apply heat or additional layers of medium to it. Encaustic medium can be used to help seal the edges of tape before applying encaustic paint to create a clean line or edge. There are many uses for encaustic medium. To make marks recede, creating a sense of optical depth, apply thicker layers. For greater clarity and less opacity, apply thin layers. Because encaustic is not clear, but has a natural opacity to it, how you use it will affect the appearance of your work. The more medium you add, the more see through your paint will become.Įncaustic medium can be used to create clear layers between sections of your painting, preserving marks, drawings, and other imagery below. Adding medium to paint helps encaustic paint to flow more smoothly. If your paint feels thick, try adding some medium. Encaustic medium can be added to either opaque or transparent colors to create beautiful glazes and extend colors. Before applying a layer of medium, warm your panel or painting so that your wax flows smoothly across the surface. ![]() To begin working with encaustic medium, melt some using a palette cup or sprinkle it directly on your heated palette. Materials used in this demo video include: R&F heat gun R&F 16" x 16" heated palette R&F hake brushes R&F encaustic paint in the following colors - King's Blue and Phthalo Turquoise R&F encaustic medium painter's tape and Ampersand Encausticbord. In our latest demo video we highlight basic application, as well as a technique using tape and medium to create a clean edge on the surface of your encaustic painting. It can be used underneath a painting to build up the surface of your substrate, added to paint to extend it or create a glaze, or cast and sculpted in any number of ways. Encaustic medium is an essential component to encaustic painting.
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