Here is the complete resource for artists working with encaustic wax. Step-by-step techniques with easy-to-understand instructions and detailed illustrations teach you everything you need to know about this fascinating medium. The author presents invaluable tips and techniques gleaned from interviews and studio visits with more than 60 professional artists working with the medium internationally.

Encaustic art is an ancient medium that is increasingly popular with contemporary fine artists. Encaustic Art: The Complete Guide to Creating Fine Art with Wax is a definitive guide that includes techniques for incorporating drawing, transfer, collage, assemblage, and photography media with encaustic, as well as techniques for creating wax sculptures, encaustic prints and monotypes, and installation art. Full color illustrations are featured throughout.

Lissa Rankin's layered, textural abstract paintings have received critical acclaim. Her encaustic paintings and sculptures are represented in prestigious galleries and museums in San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, and she has developed an international reputation as an expert on encaustic art.

Author — Lissa Rankin.

Paperback. 240 pages. 9" × 11" (23 cm × 28 cm).