Article · Mixed Media Art
Encaustic Basics Part II: Preparing Substrates, Fusing, Adding Color
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2014
About this lesson
Second in a basics series: which substrates are absorbent enough for wax (birch plywood, unfinished pine, masonite) versus unsuitable ones, a nine-step method for gluing absorbent paper to a board, heat-gun fusing distance and cues, and building up color in layers.
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