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For the last two weeks I have been experimenting with encaustic wax painting. This form of art has been around since 500 BC and I can't imagine how difficult it was trying to keep the wax liquid without the invention of electric griddles and heat guns. A lot of dexterity is needed to keep the wax molten on the paint brush as you apply it to the support. Both the wax on the paint bush and the wax already applied needs to be molten for it to adhere to the layer below. So with heat gun in one hand and paint bush in the other, here are a few examples of what I have done so far.