
Watercolor pencils (water-soluble shade pencils) may be used either wet or dry. Encaustic icon from Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Egypt (6th-century)Encaustic painting, also referred to as sizzling wax painting, includes using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The liquid/paste is then utilized to a surface—usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are sometimes used. The simplest encaustic combination can be made from adding pigments to beeswax, but there are a number of other recipes that can be used—some containing different types of waxes, damar resin, linseed oil, or different ingredients. Pure, powdered pigments could be bought and used, …







