Encaustic
Art
Encaustic is a technique using hot wax
and
pigments to create a work of art.
Encaustic painting dates back to the ancient Greece,
for a breif history of Encaustic Art click
here.
For a description of the tools and techniques used click
here.
The wax used in Encaustic is made by honey bees, to
find
out how click
here.
To see photos on how to make a colored wax panel and
students working in class click here.
The Three
Graces,
Funeral Portrait,
Contemporary
2nd Cent.
(less than 5 years
old.)
(over 1,800 years ago)
