Encaustic Art

Encaustic Art is a method of transferring wax to Photographic paper to make pictures,  I tend to do Abstract  not progressed to pictures yet.

I use wax crayons as it is cheaper than wax blocks

The wax is applied using a low wattage craft iron, the wax is applied to the sole plate of the iron & applied to the paper in various fashions eg  smeared, lines drawn  with the edge of the iron etc .after applying , the excess  wax  on the iron is cleaned with paper and the next colour you want  applied to the iron and so on.

I have been doing this for 6/7 years   very relaxing.

It’s a very safe technique IMO 

Basically all you need is a craft iron, crayons, kitchen roll and photographic paper usually 6 x4,   7 x 5 or even A4 and imagination plus a mat for the table.