I think I was still in junior high school when I tested my luck on encaustic painting. I didn't know what it was called at the time but I melted broken crayons in an aluminum pan and used that as my painting medium. Sadly I don't think I will ever see that painting again (it was an abstract purple tree with green skies) since that was more than a decade ago.
Anyways, encaustic painting is painting with hot wax. There are kinds of wax that are meant for this kind of painting, but since I am just starting (and not to mention BROKE) I am planning to use the wax from my old crayons. I have a ziploc bag full of Crayolas and another bag of "oil pastels" (that's more crayon than pastel!) that came with my artbox ages ago. Today I picked up an 8-ct box of Crayola for 60 cents (40% off coupon) and a 64-count box for 75 cents (I bought the cheap box because it's more translucent than the Crayolas which I might need for this painting I'm about to make for a friend).
This type of painting sorta scares me though, especially since our house is carpeted and I don't want to be spilling wax all over the place. Not to mention my cat might try to eat the carpet *SIGH* I am probably gonna do this outside on our patio but unfortunately, I also don't have a heating plate so candles are going to have to make do. Hmm... I think I am going to buy one of them candle warmer things. I think they're about $5 at Michaels... /looks for more Michaels coupons.
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