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hotplate or stove. When melted, and while wearing a dust mask, mix in the amount of
pigment you want into the wax-resin blend. The more you add the darker the color. Mix
colors for additional colors and effects. The final medium will be just a tad darker than
the mix when it is being warmed and still liquid.
Encaustic Paint
Some of the tools needed (you will discover others for a variety of effects):
Hot griddle
Tins, for storing colored pigment
Sponge brushes for applying pigment
Stylus for dipping into pigment and using for line art
Encaustic iron, for tipping in and blending colors
Rubber stamps for using under the colored resin
Dammar resin, a hardening agent
Beeswax
Encaustic pigment powders
Dammar resin, left, and beeswax (the brownish block at right), are melted together to
make the encaustic medium with a 75 percent beeswax, 25 percent resin blend (fore-
ground). Bees-wax colors will affect the finished product, so keep good records if you
want to repeat a particular process or result.
Encaustic pigments are available from many sources. Adding pigment to the resin/
beeswax blend creates the color you want. The more pigment you add, the darker the
final color will be. Mixing two or more pigments makes new colors.
The color of the beeswax may affect the finished color. Pure white beeswax adds
no color while cappings wax will add a yellow effect. A darker wax will darken the
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