Encaustic by Vladimir London
Discover the ancient techniques of encaustic painting revived by Vladimir London, the encaustic artist and art tutor
Best Encaustic Portrait in the Last 2000 Years
This video is unique; never before in the history of humankind the entire process of making a hot-encaustic portrait of such high quality has been filmed from the beginning to the end. My name is Vladimir London and I'm on a personal journey of making portraits in hot beeswax that surpass in quality all encaustic portraits that were created in the last two millennia.
Encaustic Portrait by Vladimir London
In this video, I will show you how to create a portrait composition in an ancient and noble medium, encaustic. This artwork will be created on 100% cotton, 300 gsm paper stretched on a wooden panel.
Encaustic Portrait of Daphne by Vladimir London
In this video, I will show you the complete process of making an artwork in the ancient technique – hot beeswax painting. I want to outperform all known ancient portraits in terms of quality and expertise, as well as all current encaustic portraits. To put it simply, I aim to create the finest encaustic portraits of the past 2000 years."
Portrait in Encaustic
In this video, you will see the entire process of making a portrait in encaustic on paper. The reason I use paper is to test if this support is suitable for hot wax painting. I will make a series of small-size encaustic portraits and this one is the first from that list.
Encaustic Portrait Painting by Vladimir London
In this video, you will see the complete process of making a portrait in encaustic on paper. I chose paper to experiment with whether this medium is appropriate for hot wax painting. I plan to create a series of small encaustic portraits, and this is the second on that list.
Portrait of Nefertiti - Encaustic painting by Vladimir London
In this video, you will see the complete process of making a portrait in hot-beeswax encaustic.
Encaustic Painting on Papyrus - Video by Vladimir London
In this video, Vladimir London, a Life Drawing Academy tutor, tests if painting in a hot beeswax medium on papyrus is feasible and why ancient Greek and Egyptian painters did not use papyrus for encaustic painting support.To learn good drawing techniques, enroll in the Life Drawing Academy course:
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