How to Paint with Encaustics
The process of painting in encaustic entails heating up the paint – which is a combination of refined beeswax, resin and pigment – until the paint mixture melts, then quickly brushing the strokes of paint onto a surface before the wax hardens — which takes no time at all.* Usually, I can get only 1-3 strokes onto my surface before the wax solidifies. So, it’s dip and stroke, dip and stroke, over and over and over until you’ve covered a portion of the surface, at least.
Thoughts Three Years After Art School
“Abstract #12″
oil on canvas
46″ x 56″
© 1994 Marilyn Fenn
(written in 1996)
It’s been 3 years since I left art school. I’ve been painting and drawing nightly for awhile — it’s amazing how I’m starting to really ‘get’ some of the things I heard in art school, but somehow didn’t make it all the way through from my ears and eyes to my brain to my hands and brushes.
How to Build a Stretcher (Strainer)
- Select wood with good, straight endgrain, straight (not bowed), few knots, no critical knots.
- Cut all pieces to length (2×4′s & 1×6′s) on miter saw.




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