encaustic 4

This is painted on the back of a wooden box for holding cassettes. Since we no longer have any cassettes it was destined for the tip, but was ideal for painting on. Encaustic needs a rigid substrate, usually wood. Apparently it will cause canvas to sag because of the weight, and could crack and break. It goes on much thicker than oil paint. It hardens immediately, so there is no blending and you have to fuse each layer with a heat gun. You have far less control over it than oil paint.