Enkaustikos

Enkaustikos EnkaustiKolor Sets offer a wide range of ready-to-use encaustic paints created especially for students and mixed media artists. Made from pure, pharmaceutical-grade beeswax, damar resin, and artist-quality pigments, they are perfect for classrooms and workshops.

Hot Cakes are ready-to-use professional encaustic paints that come in a convenient reusable metal tin. Only the finest, artist-grade, lightfast pigments are used in the manufacture of these paints. Hot Cakes paints are solvent-free.

Hot Sticks are ready-to-use professional encaustic paints. Artist-quality colors made from the most beautiful pigments, the finest damar resin, and United States Pharmaceutical Grade (USP) beeswax, Hot Sticks paints contain no bleach or synthetic adulterants.

Enkaustikos Wax Snaps Encaustic Paints have the same formula as Enkaustikos Hot Cakes in a versatile, easy-to-use shape. Just snap off what you need and use at full strength for direct painting, drawing, printmaking, and more!

This type of wax is often used by candle makers and oil painters in their mediums to create matte colors. It is not recommended for use with encaustic paints. Comes in small easy to melt pastilles.

Enkaustikos Carnauba Wax is a light, pale yellow wax from the leaves of a palm tree. Add this wax to encaustic paint to raise its melting point. Using Carnauba Wax will result in a harder, more durable paint film. Adding too much of this wax may result in cracking of the paint.

Enkaustikos Damar Resin is a natural, sticky sap, harvested from trees that grow in the East Indies. The combination of damar resin with USP beeswax produces a harder, more durable paint film. This creates a luminous finish.

Enkaustikos Encaustic Wax Paint Mediums can be used as a basecoat, topcoat, or mixed with encaustic wax paints to increase transparency for glazing techniques. They are also ideal for mixing with pigments to create your own custom colors.

This is a blend of translucent white microcrystalline wax and U.S. Pharmaceutical Grade Beeswax. It is used for adding dimension to encaustic paintings, to build texture quickly, and for sculptural surfaces. Because microcrystalline max yellows over time, use Enkaustikos Impasto Wax in an under lay

Enkaustikos Luster Wax is whiter, clearer, and can be used as an alternative to Carnauba Wax. It is a high quality, synthetic wax derived from coal.

This wax is more flexible than paraffin, with a melting point of 170°–180° F (77°–82° C). Use it to build layers and add dimension to encaustic paintings.

Encaustic painters often mix Enkaustikos Rabbit Skin Glue with Titanium White paint and precipitated chalk to make a dry gesso for use as a base. Enkaustikos Rabbit Skin Glue is sold as a powder and should be dissolved in warm water for use.

Enkaustikos Slick Wax is not suitable for use as a painting medium. Its intended use is for cleaning purposes only. Slick Wax eliminates the need for solvents in the studio. To move from one color to another, rinse your brush in the Slick Wax and wipe off any excess wax with a paper towel.

Enkaustikos Wax Medium can be used as a colorless paint film and may be used as a base or top coat. Wax medium also acts as a binding medium for collages and altered art effects.

Enkaustikos Wax Snaps are a great way to try Enkaustikos mediums in a versatile, easy-to-use shape. Just snap off what you need for encaustic drawing techniques, painting, printmaking, and more!

This wax medium has a higher content of Damar Resin than Enkaustikos Wax Medium, giving it a thicker consistency when liquified. It also has a sticky tack while drying for easy texture build-up and will stay pliable for a longer time than Wax Medium.

Made with U.S. pharmaceutical grade natural yellow beeswax and no harsh chemicals, this medium can be used to extend paints or applied as a topcoat to impart an overall warm tone to your work.

This beeswax is 100% natural, U.S. Pharmaceutical Grade (USP), and has been filtered and purified without the use of harsh chemicals or bleaching agents. The bags contain tiny wax granules, making it easy to use in small or large quantities.

These lidded tins can be used as containers or for mixing encaustic paint. The 2 oz size is identical to the tins that hold Enkaustikos Hot Cakes. The 8 oz size is ideal for mixing your own colors and comes with a custom color label.

Created for use with the Enkaustikos Hot Wax Pen and with encaustic paints, Enkaustikos Hot Brush Attachments allow artists to beautiful brushwork while maintaining the molten state of the wax colors. Available in a range of traditional shapes, each brush features a brass ferrule that maintains heat, allowing you to work at your own pace.

Developed for use with encaustic paints and the Enkaustikos Hot Wax Pen, Enkaustikos Pen Point Attachments allow artists to create special effects in their encaustic paintings while maintaining the molten state of the wax colors. Available in a range of sizes to create a spectrum of line widths, they are ideal for creating encaustic calligraphy or drawing with wax paint.