I find your videos so inspiring. I'm an artist with a large collection of old maps, knowing someday I will find a way to use them in my art...without actually cutting them up.
That is so awesome! I get maps too from online libraries- you can find some awesome maps, download them and print them off. I've done that a few times, and then you don't have to worry about cutting up a map you want to keep. It's great for practice, too!
I was searching for encaustic techniques and stumbled upon several of your videos. I love your experimentation! It inspires me! I look forward to watching more of your videos!
Thankyou so much for bring brave enough to share your mistakes so we don’t have to make the same ones! I love you and your videos have been so helpful to me…I feel like I’m getting my PHD from TH-cam University in encaustics!!!
Really beautiful work! The only thing I would add... not for this piece, but for pieces where you use the oil pastels in the future (and I do agree with France Benoit below about using Sennelier pastels. Jerry's Artarama sells them as sets and individually for the best price I know of.), following a little color theory I find really helpful. I started out as a watercolor artist, so having that color knowledge has been very helpful when making my foray into encaustic. I really find your work to be so inspiring! Keep doing what you love, as it is really beautiful! The love always shows through! x
Thank you for the suggestions. I can't believe I didn't see your comment earlier! So sorry about that. Do you have a color course or resource you recommend, cause I do need to get better at that!
@@thefarpavilion As an artist, the learning never stops, right? ☺ Though she is a watercolor artist, Dr. Oto Kano, who also has a YT channel like yourself, is extremely knowledgeable about color theory and teaches it in a way that is easy to understand. I wish you the very best and appreciate you responding. Take care!
I'm excited got have found your videos. I did encaustics several years ago and now I would like to further my exploration here. I thought I would have to wait until the weather is warmer so I could work outside or in the open garage. Do you find working in an inside room has enough ventilation?
I use fans and always leave the door open. It's not ideal, but I do only have time to work a couple hours a day at most. And I'm really careful not to keep the wax too hot.
I tried the etching technique, cleaning up with mineral oil, because I didn’t have linseed oil, and that seemed to make the wax soft and sticky. Is that an issue with other oils? What are the alternatives?
Yes, other oils can leave the surface sticky as they don't react to oxygen in the same way. I would try something like coconut or canola oil, but linseed is by far the best option that I've seen.
Love your tutorials..Thank you. I am new to encaustic techniques and was expecting that you would have to heat set the pastels after you were done. Is that not necessary ?
I usually do that if I'm going to add another layer of wax, but since it's the very last layer, I just let it dry. If I was using oil pastels by themselves instead of with a bit of linseed oil for blending, I would have done that.
Yep, oil paints products work really well with encaustics. Oil pastels have less oil in them, so they are almost more like crayons or charcoal pencils as far as consistency, rather than the more liquid paint.
Love this, thanks for posting! I was trying to figure out which would be easier: using black oil paint or black india ink for the wash (to get the fine lines)? Could I paint using india ink and paint over the lines then use the linseed oil, or do you recommend oil paint?
@@thefarpavilion Thanks so much. And what kind of ink did you use in your stamp pad for the "HOME"? Did that dry on top of the wax and won't smudge, or do you have to fuse it?
No, you can leave the the oil pastels and the ink as the top layer. No extra layer required. Though, doing a very gentle, quick fuse at the end is never a bad idea, just to set the color into the wax.
@@shana3968 yes, encaustic medium is a mix of beeswax and damar resin. It acts as a hardener to make the wax more durable, as well as more transparent. Encaustic wax is the same thing.
@@thefarpavilion I've used white milk paint or venetian plaster (used for walls) as a gesso layer. Don't use acrylic as does not work with encaustic. I am inspired watching these videos and experimenting with mixing media with encaustic. I used to do a lot and some workshops. I am excited about working with wax again. I make my own medium and use oil paint and oil sticks to colour it.
I find your videos so inspiring. I'm an artist with a large collection of old maps, knowing someday I will find a way to use them in my art...without actually cutting them up.
That is so awesome! I get maps too from online libraries- you can find some awesome maps, download them and print them off. I've done that a few times, and then you don't have to worry about cutting up a map you want to keep. It's great for practice, too!
I was searching for encaustic techniques and stumbled upon several of your videos. I love your experimentation! It inspires me! I look forward to watching more of your videos!
You are so welcome! Thanks for being here!
Thank you for your very clear, uncluttered, forthright tutorials!
You're very welcome Alice! I'm so glad you enjoy them!
Amazing ! Love your creativity . Thank you !!!
I could watch this all day!!! So cool!
Thanks Brittany!
Thank you for all your videos!!! Love them!
Thank you for watching!! 😊
Thank you for another inspiring and helpful video.
Thank you for sharing. I did not know you could use india ink on encaustic. Something new to try. Thanks again
I like your tutorial very much, thank you :-)
Sennelier oil pastel would have been much better for the job. ;-) They are very smooth almost like the R&F oil stick but better I find.
Thankyou so much for bring brave enough to share your mistakes so we don’t have to make the same ones! I love you and your videos have been so helpful to me…I feel like I’m getting my PHD from TH-cam University in encaustics!!!
I'm so glad! Encaustic is so fun, and there's soooo much you can do with it!!
Really beautiful work! The only thing I would add... not for this piece, but for pieces where you use the oil pastels in the future (and I do agree with France Benoit below about using Sennelier pastels. Jerry's Artarama sells them as sets and individually for the best price I know of.), following a little color theory I find really helpful. I started out as a watercolor artist, so having that color knowledge has been very helpful when making my foray into encaustic. I really find your work to be so inspiring! Keep doing what you love, as it is really beautiful! The love always shows through! x
Thank you for the suggestions. I can't believe I didn't see your comment earlier! So sorry about that. Do you have a color course or resource you recommend, cause I do need to get better at that!
@@thefarpavilion As an artist, the learning never stops, right? ☺ Though she is a watercolor artist, Dr. Oto Kano, who also has a YT channel like yourself, is extremely knowledgeable about color theory and teaches it in a way that is easy to understand. I wish you the very best and appreciate you responding. Take care!
Love this, thank you! Did you fuse the oil pastels & ink marks after making them? Seems like they would just rub right back off if you don't??
I do the oil pastels, but not the ink. The ink dries pretty fast, but the oil pastels not so much, so those I fuse.
@@thefarpavilion And the ink doesn't come right back off? Huh. I'll have to try it! Thanks.
I'm excited got have found your videos. I did encaustics several years ago and now I would like to further my exploration here. I thought I would have to wait until the weather is warmer so I could work outside or in the open garage. Do you find working in an inside room has enough ventilation?
I use fans and always leave the door open. It's not ideal, but I do only have time to work a couple hours a day at most. And I'm really careful not to keep the wax too hot.
I tried the etching technique, cleaning up with mineral oil, because I didn’t have linseed oil, and that seemed to make the wax soft and sticky. Is that an issue with other oils? What are the alternatives?
Yes, other oils can leave the surface sticky as they don't react to oxygen in the same way. I would try something like coconut or canola oil, but linseed is by far the best option that I've seen.
Love your tutorials..Thank you. I am new to encaustic techniques and was expecting that you would have to heat set the pastels after you were done. Is that not necessary ?
I usually do that if I'm going to add another layer of wax, but since it's the very last layer, I just let it dry. If I was using oil pastels by themselves instead of with a bit of linseed oil for blending, I would have done that.
What is the mini heater you are using? Thank you for this tutorials....good speed, uncluttered.
It's an embossing gun, actually. You can get nicer heat guns with different speeds and heat settings, but this one works great for me.
I really like it. I did not know that you could use oil paint (in a tube). I know about oil pastel. What is the difference. Thanks.
Yep, oil paints products work really well with encaustics. Oil pastels have less oil in them, so they are almost more like crayons or charcoal pencils as far as consistency, rather than the more liquid paint.
Love this, thanks for posting! I was trying to figure out which would be easier: using black oil paint or black india ink for the wash (to get the fine lines)? Could I paint using india ink and paint over the lines then use the linseed oil, or do you recommend oil paint?
You definitely want to use oil paint if youre going to rub it all over the surface. India ink dries really fast and is permanent once it dries.
@@thefarpavilion Thanks so much. And what kind of ink did you use in your stamp pad for the "HOME"? Did that dry on top of the wax and won't smudge, or do you have to fuse it?
Amazing wow
Thanks for sharing this... are you able to share the brand of stamp you are using please - :)
It's an unmounted rubber stamp from creative embellishments. My favorite stamp. 😁 the alphabet stamps are from the dollar bin at Michael's.
@@thefarpavilion thank you so much for that.. it has been hard to find stamps... much appreciated
Hi, did you use the heat gun to fuse the oil pastels into the wax?
Супер! А чернила на водной основе или маслянная?
Water based.
bonjour est ce que l'on doit chauffer après ? et remettre une couche de médium à la fin ? MERCI
No, you can leave the the oil pastels and the ink as the top layer. No extra layer required. Though, doing a very gentle, quick fuse at the end is never a bad idea, just to set the color into the wax.
@@thefarpavilion merci pour votre réponse
What is painted on the board? I just learned that linseed oil cleans oil paints
The white base is encaustic wax. Is that what you're referring to?
@@thefarpavilion the white base is encaustic wax .So that is encaustic medium?
@@shana3968 yes, encaustic medium is a mix of beeswax and damar resin. It acts as a hardener to make the wax more durable, as well as more transparent. Encaustic wax is the same thing.
@@thefarpavilion thank you，can I paint RF& stick on it ?
Did you fuse after you stamped?
No, you don't need to, unless you're trying to add more wax into the indentations.
Question - You dont use Gesso....I would like to know why?
Wood is a great substrate for painting, and doesn't need gesso. And gesso can be really expensive, and I try to keep my costs down as much as I can.
@@thefarpavilion I've used white milk paint or venetian plaster (used for walls) as a gesso layer. Don't use acrylic as does not work with encaustic. I am inspired watching these videos and experimenting with mixing media with encaustic. I used to do a lot and some workshops. I am excited about working with wax again. I make my own medium and use oil paint and oil sticks to colour it.