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How to Paint an Encaustic Portrait

How to Paint an Encaustic Portrait

Video by Vladimir London

Learn how to paint a portrait in encaustic. Vladimir London, a fine artist, demonstrates the entire process of creating a hot-beeswax portrait of Daphne from ancient Greek mythology, beginning with a blank sheet of paper and progressing through drawing the portrait composition, adding underpainting, and burning-in encaustic colours.

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