Sparky Encaustic Art Wax Studio
in Germiston

We can teach you and your friends in the comfort of your our home, Card, Waxes, Stylus, including Irons, or office. Class includes all materials needed in class. We supply all Encaustic Art products, your own home, Sealers etc. Beginners and advanced Classes offered.

Wether you are a crafter, professional artist or just hobbiest, we have what you need. Encaustic painting, also known as hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. Pure, powdered pigments can be used, though some mixtures use oil paints or other forms of pigment. Metal tools and special brushes can be used to shape the paint before it cools, or heated metal tools can be used to manipulate the wax once it has cooled onto the surface. Today, tools such as heat lamps, heat guns, and other methods of applying heat allow artists to extend the amount of time they have to work with the material. Because wax is used as the pigment binder, encaustics can be sculpted as well as painted. Other materials can be encased or collaged into the surface, or layered, using the encaustic medium to stick them to the surface. The basic idea is that you melt the wax on the base of an iron and then literally use the iron as a paintbrush. It isn't as controllable as a conventional paintbrush or pencil. You have to guide it rather than trying to tell it exactly what to do. This makes each painting both unique and a pleasure to paint. This means there are two ways of doing encaustic painting. You work out exactly what you are doing with the iron in order to produce a particular pattern. There are only so many basic movements with the iron, but there are endless ways of putting them together. The basic techniques are taught in our beginners class. The second way of encaustic painting is to put a couple of colours on your iron and just play with it. Move the iron over the card you are painting on and see what happens. This gives much freer designs, usually with a lot of movem