Encaustic art is is a different way to create beautiful works of art.
The technique involves coloured waxes which are melted, applied to various surfaces and allowed to cool.
The result is a work of art with surprising impact and particular colours.

Encaustic art is a very old way of painting art.
Historians claim that the art of encaustic wax painting is at least 2.500 years old and that it was practised by the Ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians.

In short story:
One melted beeswax, blended with certain ingredients and natural pigments.
With warmed spatulas one introduced the wax.
It is recognised as being a very durable art form, sometimes lasting even 2.000 years!
In museums around the world there are certainly many portraits from those times which are painted on wood.
The famous Fayum portraits  (Egypt 1e-3e century) are painted on this way.

True encaustic painting is a process in which colored wax is permanently burned into an absorbable backing such as plaster, canvas, and some woods. The term ‘Encaustic’ is derived from the Greek word ‘enkaien’ and means ‘to burn in’ However, the technique of laying wax on a non-absorbable backing is today generally thought of as encaustic art
.Nowadays the specially developed encaustic wax is applied to backings like special surfaced paper, canvas, wood, glass etc, with a painting iron or painting stylus.
Other tools as heat-resistant sponges, palette knives, hot plates, hair dryers etc. can be used for much more possibilities.
While by painting, most media are worked wet on a supporting face, given time to dry; this is not the case with encaustic wax, which behave as a liquid when heated but as a solid when cool. This unusual quality, combined with the brilliance of the colors, inspires a fresh fascination every time it is used.
Every one can learn Encaustic painting. You don’t need painting skills.
Technique start very simple and constructive and let you enjoy the colored patterns