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Internationally successful encaustic artist birgit huttemann holz walks you through the ancient art of hot wax painting learn the basics step by step materials and supplies encaustic mediums and coloring agents and surfaces like canvas or textured substrates. As you lay down your first layer of wax keep in mind that encaustic artwork is typically comprised of several layers of thin wax make sure that the wax and the brush remain hot so you can brush on a thin layer at a time keeping each successive surface warm is also key in getting the layers to hold together 3. Beginners start here to learn about encaustic wax painting new to encaustic painting thats great youll love working with this versatile art medium as much as we do encaustic can be frustrating and very forgiving all rolled into one when you arent happy with a result scrape down to start over or keep working in layers on top of a . E ncaustic art also known as wax painting is a fascinating art form our guest author sonja werner provides an encaustic definition and shows how to create your first encaustic paintings in a step by step guide this includes which techniques are available and which materials are needed