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COLOR SPOTLIGHT
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Vagone Green Earth
Vagone Green Earth is a green earth that has been enhanced with Prussian Blue. Highly transparent, it makes it a perfect choice for glazing. Vagone green is a subtle mid-value cool green with moderate tinting strength and it tends to have a graying effect which produces shades reminiscent of the colors one would see along the New England coast.
This is a Series 2 color with a mixture of PG17 - I, PB27 - I. It is available in Hot Cakes, Hot Sticks, and all refill sizes. |
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Slick Wax
This unique synthetic wax was formulated for cleaning your brushes, tools, and even your palette between encaustic color changes. Slick wax eliminates the need for any type of solvent in your studio. Simply have a tin of melted slick wax available on your hot palette during the entire painting process and you will be able to avoid color contamination. When you want to move from one color to another, simply rinse your brush in the slick wax and wipe off any excess wax with a paper towel. The slick wax will have removed the color and you can get right back to painting. And for those who like to color mix on their palette, you can even use the slick wax directly on the palette and with a wipe of a paper towel, you will have a nice clean surface to continue color mixing. Many encaustic artists can agree that this product is truly essential to any encaustic studio!
Slick Wax is available in 6oz tins and 16oz resealable bags. |
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XD Wax Medium - An In-depth Look
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by Kathryn Bevier
A few years ago, I taught a week long intensive encaustic course at RIT. There were students in the class from all areas of study, and I soon realized that after teaching the basic principles of encaustic technique I needed to make a shift in the curriculum. These students were vibrant, energized and full of desire to experiment. During the run of the class it became evident that what we needed to provide for these creative spirits was a wax medium that was harder, shinier and able to impart a glass like finish. By the end of the week Enkaustikos had responded with what is now called XD Wax Medium.
Our original formula is a 7:1ratio of USP grade beeswax to damar resin and is the base of our encaustic paint. XD Wax Medium, on the other hand, is a 1:1 ratio of damar resin to USP beeswax. If any of you have made your own wax medium, you will know that the higher the content of damar resin in your recipe the more difficult it is to make. Damar resin is hardened tree sap. Bark, dirt, insects, and the like, gets trapped in the damar resin as it hardens into crystals. In the making of wax medium this debris needs to be filtered off. That can be very labor intensive, but as the manufacturer; it is well worth it. Artist love working with XD and you'll appreciate the work being done for you so you can spend your time creating.
Because of the higher damar resin content, XD is shinier, harder, thicker, and more durable and imparts more transparency. XD was originally developed to be used as a top coat; however, it is a great painting medium and paint extender. Excellent for creating glossy glazes, XD is especially well suited for the transparent colors.If you are applying XD in thicker layers we recommend painting on rigid surfaces since the higher damar resin content increases brittleness. In contrast, you can also use XD when working on very thin papers as long as the medium is being properly absorbed into the paper. Finally, for those of you who like to make your own wax medium, consider using XD as a bouillon, by simply dropping it into you melted beeswax. The filtering has already been done for you!XD is available in a wide variety of sizes as Hot Stick, 1.5 and 6 oz Hot Cakes (poured in tins), as 8 and 16 oz refills, and as bulk slabs in 5 and 10 lb boxes.
 
The first image shows XD used to create a glass-like finish on a rigid surface. Notice the sense of depth with just 7 layers of XD. The other images show XD used on paper. The application of medium is fully absorbed into the paper and as evidenced by the curl of paper, still flexible. |
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