Hot Art - Really!

We had another wonderful weekend in the studio. Our encaustic painting class on Saturday was a great experience for students and instructor alike. The photo below is of student Amanda Huisman creating an art piece with the hot wax and oil pigment paint used in the process. Some of the pieces created with this method are also shown in the photos.  Encaustic painting can incorporate a number of techniques and often appears to be sculptural. The multi-color piece below incorporated masking and relief carving. The white piece at the bottom employed some sculpture processes.