Encaustic & Stencils

Stencils offer artists a range of ways to create interesting patterns and marks that can be responded to and buried beneath additional layers of encaustic paint and medium. Dura-Lar stencils work well with encaustic because they have a high heat tolerance and will not tear. In this video we demonstrate a few of the ways you can work with stencils, including PanPastel, R&F encaustic paint, and R&F Pigment Sticks®.

Materials used in this demo include: Ampersand Encausticbord, R&F encaustic medium, R&F encaustic paint, PanPastel, and R&F Pigment Sticks®. The stencils featured in this video were created by R&F Core Instructor Leslie Giuliani and can be purchased on her website at https://lesliegiuliani.com/shop/ols/c....

PanPastel offers additional tutorial videos for working with their materials on their website at https://panpastel.com/videos-tutorial....

For step by step instructions and additional suggestions, visit our blog Unique Color: https://www.rfpaints.com/unique-color.

R&F’s Resources page provides downloadable articles and lists to help you find a teacher in your area, download a color chart, learn the history of encaustic, and ensure you are practicing safety in the studio: https://www.rfpaints.com/resources.

Music credit: Hurts So Good Blues by Unicorn Heads.