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Where it Began. Encaustic Monotypes

“The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.” Robert Henri The History of Encaustic Monotypes Encaustic monotypes are a relatively modern adaptation of one of the oldest artistic mediums: encaustic painting. While the roots of encaustic art stretch back to ancient

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Teaching Encaustic Monotype Techniques to Intimate Groups

I demonstrated the three fundamentals that control the outcome of a work: the temperature of the palette (optimal setting is 180 degrees), the amount of encaustic medium (damar resin and beeswax) and the type of paper used to pull the print. It always best to start with just a few colors–2 to 3 at the most.

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