Painting with Wax — Why Has No-on Ever Heard of This!

‘Storm with silver’ waves by Nadia Davidson

Encaustic wax

Oil, watercolour or acrylics. They are the big three. When I say I paint with wax, I get some odd looks.

“How does that work?” is a common question. When I try to explain that I use an iron, it gets even more confusing. “An ordinary house iron? For ironing clothes?”