Media: Painting — Encaustic Encaustic: Hot stuff Encaustic is an ancient Greek method of painting with pigment mixed with resin and hot wax. The heat from the wax fuses these ingredients together and onto a support. The artist can use very thick, heavy brush strokes with encaustic, without worrying that the paint will flake or crumble away from the support. Since wax is semitransparent, encaustic adds depth and luminosity to an artwork. Below are examples of encaustic paintings available on NextMonet. Click on any of them to learn more about the individual work. Elise Wagner Barbara Kerwin Nan Tull The main types of painting are: Acrylic  Encaustic  Gouache  Oil  Sumi  Tempera  Watercolor  Mixed Media