Encaustic is a waxed-based painting medium characterized by luminous color and a lush surface. It's an ancient art, dating as far back as Ancient G...
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Dec 05, 2009
Marcia
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Encaustic painting was popular in the ancient world for head and shoulder paintings set into mummy casings as funerary portraits. Ancient encaustic utilizes beeswax and natural pigments to obtain luminously beautiful skin tones that have survived 2000 years in the Egyptian desert. An archaic and technically difficult medium, encaustic has seen a revival of use in the last 20 years. This book abounds with modern examples and details both old and new techniques for the interested artist and art lo
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Dec 27, 2009
Nancy
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Excellent overview about encaustic, with a surprising amount of detail. What inspires me most, however, are the beautiful examples Mattera chose to include. Very exciting work.
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