Did you know that encaustic is the oldest painting medium in the world? This portrait painted somewhere between the first and second century was placed on a sarcophagus containing the mummified body of an Egyptian person. The portrait has survived to our time with colors as fresh as contemporary works. Fascinating to say the least.
But what is encaustic and how is it different from the paint we know you ask? Encaustic is primarily made of beeswax (you can substitute other types of waxes today); mixed with damar resin it hardens the wax to which you add pigment to give it color. To make...



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