03-30-2005, 07:30 PM
Have any of you folks ever done it? I'm thinking of goiving it a try to see how it works for shields, but I have no idea of the tewchnical challenges involved, and I don't want to shell out EUR 150 for those 'beginners' kits' they fleece upper class housewives with. Not unless there is no way around that, anyway.<br>
Som how do you keep the wax liquid? Hot water bath? Candles? Do you mix ready mixed colours or pigments? Can you ever get the brishes clean, or do you just use the cheapest kind and throw them away? Can you ever get anything involved in the process clean?<br>
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Thanks<br>
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Titus Flavius Artemidorus<br>
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PS: rawhide painting experiment directly, with casein paint, works well, but does b****-all for water reisistance. Haven't destruct-tested it yet. Gesso on rawhide sucks. I'm curious how encaustic would work. <p></p><i></i>
Som how do you keep the wax liquid? Hot water bath? Candles? Do you mix ready mixed colours or pigments? Can you ever get the brishes clean, or do you just use the cheapest kind and throw them away? Can you ever get anything involved in the process clean?<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
<br>
Titus Flavius Artemidorus<br>
<br>
PS: rawhide painting experiment directly, with casein paint, works well, but does b****-all for water reisistance. Haven't destruct-tested it yet. Gesso on rawhide sucks. I'm curious how encaustic would work. <p></p><i></i>
Der Kessel ist voll Bärks!
Volker Bach
Volker Bach