Encaustic art : the complete guide to creating fine art with wax / Lissa Rankin.
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TextPublication details: New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 240 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN: - 0823099288 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780823099283 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Complete guide to creating fine art with wax
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
With a history that stretches back to the hauntingly beautiful mummy portraits of Greco-Roman Egypt, encaustic art is now enjoying a renewal of popularity among artists and art lovers alike. Today, museums are staging exhibitions of encaustic art, workshops in the technique are thriving, and art collectors and dealers are assimilating encaustic art into their collections and galleries.
The word encaustic is taken from the Greek and means "to burn in." In the encaustic process, pigmented wax is applied and then fused to a surface with heat. The result is a broad range of surface effects and a luminous translucency that is unique to the encaustic medium. Encaustic Art is a complete resource for artists who wish to learn to create fine art with wax. It features step-by-step techniques with easy-to-understand instructions and detailed illustrations, stunning examples of encaustic works of art (including sculpture), along with practical advice and thoughtful aesthetic observations from more than 60 professional artists working in the encaustic medium.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An ancient medium revived -- Essentials of encaustic painting -- Supports and grounds -- Encaustic painting techniques : smooth -- Encaustic painting techniques : textured -- Creating special encaustic effects -- Creating representational work with encaustic -- Large-format encaustic painting -- Using drawings and transfers with encaustic -- Encaustic and collage/assemblage -- Encaustic and photography -- Encaustic and printmaking -- Wax and sculpture -- Wax and installation art -- Cold wax medium -- Preparing encaustic art for display and exhibition.