Melanie Williams - Free Encaustic Painting Video - An Encaustic Landscape

[@abronto]

Fascinating to watch you work, Melanie. Thanks so much! Here I always thought heating your work til the hot air started moving the wax around was a newbie mistake. You taught me that it can be an accepted and useful technique. My passion in encaustics is for portraits, and I can see now the benefit of using a stylus- it would be so helpful for eyes, eye lashes and eye brows, and hair. Thanks again!

[@beapatterson6829]

I am in awe! This is the first actual piece of art - not just marks - I've seen in encaustic. Thank you!

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you so much for your kind words. I’m so glad you enjoyed watching the video. Best wishes. Mel

[@helencarroll7352]

Thanks for sharing that. Sorry to hear about your pain and pleased that you have a distraction. I'm motivated to start experimenting with encaustic.

[@Melwilliamsart]

Ooooh if you start you’ll be hooked Helen! Thank you for your thoughts. Best wishes Mel

[@kmeyersvt]

Thank you for sharing your process on this gorgeous painting! I really appreciated seeing how you created the rocks.

[@Melwilliamsart]

@@kmeyersvt so glad you found it useful

[@catherinebartley3574]

Lovely! Thanks fir the tutorial!

[@Melwilliamsart]

@@catherinebartley3574 you are welcome.

[@ИрмаВаера]

Amazing!!!😮❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you so much. I hope you found the video useful. Best wishes Mel

[@BelindaPort]

You are amazing! Watching you is so inspiring!

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you. I look forward to seeing your work. Glad you found it useful. Mel

[@slamthegavelpodcasthostmar5536]

I lived in Newcastle for 2 years and LOVED the Roman ruins and Lindisfarne!

[@Squiffy1313]

This post has been extremely useful and inspiring to me, an encaustic beginner. Thank you.

[@Melwilliamsart]

So glad to hear that. Onwards and upwards. Best wishes Mel

[@genevievemurphy7498]

🎉🎉🎉

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you Genevieve ❤

[@Ron-Ayres]

Fabulous work, Mel!

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you so much Ron

[@SCUUBDO]

Just getting into encaustic art. I love it!! I am very glad I found your channel!! Love from California!!

[@Melwilliamsart]

@@SCUUBDO thank you.

[@cmgmoreno6832]

Qué bonito..Me ha encantado. Gracias y feliz Navidad

[@Melwilliamsart]

You are welcome. So glad you found it interesting. Happy New Year.

[@cindyrotberger6524]

Thank you so much! I loved watching you and your beautiful work!!

[@Melwilliamsart]

You are so welcome! Hope you found the video useful.

[@AvionOrr]

Gorgeous work

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you

[@judithgillam5074]

Stunning !!!! 😁🥰

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you Judith. Hope you found the video useful.

[@katieloo1970]

Great instructive video Mel!!! Thanks so much for sharing 😊 x

[@Melwilliamsart]

You’re welcome Katie. ❤️

[@lynkirklandencausticwaxart7890]

Thanks for sharing Mel. Beautiful work ❤

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you Lyn.

[@sajoga]

Lovely 🖤

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you.

[@valariewetherbee174]

WOW!!!!!! Amazing work.....

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you Valerie

[@traceycurrington6134]

Thank you for sharing

[@Melwilliamsart]

You are welcome. I hope it was useful to you.

[@ursilysser4398]

Amazing Mel. One day I‘ll try a landscape. Thanks for sharing.

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you Ursi. X

[@dorisdorfer3527]

Thank you for sharing. I love your way to do it. Greetings from Austria

[@Melwilliamsart]

You are welcome. So glad you found it useful.

[@kerryengel7504]

That is beautiful and you shared so much. I will have to watch this a few times. Just starting my encaustic journey.

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you Kerry. You will be hooked in no time. 😀

[@pamelabrowne3684]

Love it! Thank you.

[@Melwilliamsart]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@EmilyEverglot]

stunning

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you Emily ❤

[@maggineyra9318]

Increíble el resultado...y el proceso. Much🎉as gracias, primera vez que veo esta técnica . Saludos desde Perú 🇵🇪😃👍🏻

[@Melwilliamsart]

So glad you enjoyed the video. You are very welcome. All my best wishes from Wales too!

[@LoriGeiger-j2y]

Thank you, Mel, for sharing your workflow! "Go With the Flow" takes us out of bodies and away from the pain. I use tai chi, watercolors and encaustics to achieve that meditative flow state myself. Beautiful work!

[@Melwilliamsart]

So glad you enjoyed the video. I wish I knew Tai Chi but the painting works really well. 😊

[@GA-ih6wj]

I’ve enjoyed your video very much. Thank you so much for sharing, Mel. I’m so glad I’ve met you at the Celtic Convergence Conference in Mulranny. The work you do is very impressive. Hopefully we’ll see each other again at another event in the future.

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you! You too! It was great to see you in Ireland. Didn’t we have a great time. ❤

[@williamcorbett7810]

Hi Mel. I have been doing encaustics for a long time as well and am so glad to have found your channel. Always more to learn. Happy New Year from Pebble Beach California !

[@Melwilliamsart]

Happy New Year to you too William. Encaustic is so diverse so I agree there is always something new to learn. Glad you found my video interesting.

[@slamthegavelpodcasthostmar5536]

This was amazing and so helpful!!

[@Melwilliamsart]

So so pleased you have enjoyed the video. I know it’s a bit long but you can’t show your process rapidly. Looking forward to seeing some of your work.

[@slamthegavelpodcasthostmar5536]

Thank you so much. I totally appreciate that video. I know that art takes time.

[@TheBelleBrighton]

I love it. Thanks so much for sharing. I also like working on ply and was wondering how you fix the board to the frame? Do you make the frames custom yourself? Really appreciate seeing your techniques. Great inspiration! 🙏🏽

[@Melwilliamsart]

@@TheBelleBrighton my husband makes my frames. He makes a square of timber which is glued to the back of the painting. Then he screws through the backing board and mount to fix to the frame. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@aliecoop]

Beautiful! What brand of torch do you recommend?

[@Melwilliamsart]

@@aliecoop thank you. I use the Rothenburger Super Fire 2. I like it because it has a trigger and you don’t have to turn it off all the time. It’s a bit expensive but highly controllable. The last one I had lasted 11 years. Just had to buy a new one.

[@lynnesachs2330]

Good stuff. I too am in a lot of pain big time. I have a question how do you store the oil pigments? I keep mine in a bag some wrapped with cellophane or still in the tube? I know sometimes it’s hard to get out. Do I just put the in a box without anything on the tops? Also I love your pan on the hot plate. I know you live super far Have any idea where to find one. Thank you🌻

[@Melwilliamsart]

Hi Lynn. Sorry to hear you are living with pain too. I keep the oil in the tubes and make sure the lids fit properly. The oils will set if you leave the lids off and be useless for making encaustic paint. The small pans I use are children’s play pans. Some are from IKEA if you have that store. The small ones are actually metal measuring cups. I’d love to see some of your work. All my best wishes. Mel

[@ElskeChronicles]

Thank you for sharing. I love your work and I love seeing how other encaustic artists create. I am curious why you start with clear layers instead of straight away with colours? Is it personal preference or does it create a different type of effect?

[@Melwilliamsart]

I begin with clear medium only because I feel it is a bit of a waste to add colour in the initial layers. Also by adding the layers it causes the paint to merge and flow in the way I like it to when hitting it with the blow torch - this is especially true for the sky. Thank you for enjoying my work. Best wishes Mel

[@angelawilliams4644]

Incredible work! I just received a beginner encaustic set, I’m excited to start this journey. I’m also an art collector, is this original still available?

[@Melwilliamsart]

Hi Angela. So glad you enjoyed watching the video. You will soon be hooked on encaustic painting - it gets in your blood! The original painting sold immediately but I can do something very similar. You can never recreate exactly with encaustic. Thank you so much.

[@SMC127]

New to this, love your videos. Why did you choose the big torch to do your first fusing rather than the air gun? I currently have an air gun and a very small hand torch and I am looking into buying something bigger and the torch realm so I’m not having a refill so often.

[@Melwilliamsart]

I chose the big torch for my first fusing as I find it works faster. Sorry for the late reply.

[@mabasrule]

This was such a fascinating video to watch! Thank you for sharing your insight and process. Seeing your approach to landscape painting was incredibly helpful. I am curious, do you ever make your own black sticks by combining a combination of pigments instead of straight black from the tube? Again, this was terrific!

[@Melwilliamsart]

Thank you so much. I am so glad the video was helpful. I tend to keep all the oddments of paint from the day. Mix it together and then add a bit of black oil paint or pigment. This means the paint isn’t pure black. I find the oil paint really gets into those nooks and crannies. It takes time to dry though. Best wishes. Mel ❤️

[@elizabethpears307]

Enjoying your work, background music annoying and unnecessary.

[@Melwilliamsart]

Sorry for that. At least you didn’t have to pay!