Painting with wax is not new, centuries ago was beeswax already being used by the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians.
Beeswax is a secessionist product of the work of bees and wasklieren is mixed with natural pigments.
The colored wax became very often mixed with a resin, to a harder and stronger composition.
The techniques to paint with nowadays is called Encaustic Art '' was '' a long time, and was applied before the oil was developed.
Encaustic Art techniques through the ages by a small number of artists applied, the technique was particularly popular with the painting of a certain kind of icons.
With the advent of the low-temperateurgereedschappen can be processed easily and was accurate.
With the beautiful coloured beeswax can you make wastekeningen in a simple way, using the power tools.