How To Make Wax Art

You can use beeswax or paraffin wax from a hobby retailer or remove the wick from used candles and use them.

How to make wax art. The colour is taken up by the fabric where the wax. If using a wicked stick light the stick and give it a moment to burn. Halloween Crafts For Kids Halloween Projects Diy Halloween Decorations Holidays Halloween Kid Crafts Adult Crafts Spirit.

This change of colour tells you that the turpentine has already started to break down the wax pellets. Cold wax medium is used in every style of painting from realism to pure abstraction. Place the match and the stick directly over the spot you want to make the wax seal and let the wax drip down.

Now its time to add your colour and scent. Repeat steps four and five until the entire front surface of the tissue paper is covered. How to make your own encaustic medium How to prepare substrates to paint on Safe working of tools and equipment How to inscribe gauge embeds emboss and stamp into wax How to layer and fuse and polish your artwork.

If using a wickless stick hold the stick in one hand and the match right at the end of the stick in the other. I used a hole punch to put a hole through it so we could hang it. In this video I grated hundreds of Crayola Crayons to make a funky looking melted Crayon Table.

Stir 1g of eco soy dye and 10g of Essential oil or fragrance oil into the melted wax. Different instruments such as cantings tjantings brushes and copper caps are used to create shapes patterns and lines directly in molten wax or stamp them on the fabric tjaps. Crumble or cut the wax into small pieces so they melt faster then throw them into the smaller pan.

The medium is liberating for artists as new and innovative approaches are discovered pretty much every time you work in the studio. Crumble small pieces of wax into the small pan. Carefully peel it off the wax paper and let it finish drying on the other side.