Thank you for not playing loud music. Your video is very relaxing to watch. Thank you.

@PABragg

4 жыл бұрын

Zépherine TheWhite you made my day. I try hard to create videos that are...inspiring but also peaceful.

Gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing!

This is beautiful. Thanks for sharing your process.

Just so beautiful!

I love the smell of beeswax in the morning… It smells like Victory!!!!!! This is splendid...

Thank you for your video and your honesty! For a while there I thought "Oh, no!" But you rescued it. I would have stopped before the birds layer, but then it wouldn't have popped with definition, like yours did at the end. We have to do these experiments to see what works and what doesn't. Thanks for teaching me something new, can't wait to try this! Keep on having fun and creating! I appreciate the soft, background music, because it didn't drown-out your voice.

@PABragg

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for taking the time to watch and comment. You are so right...experiments for sure. Some days they go better than others haha. Have a great time as you create your works of art!

Something about watching this video made me so calm and wistful! Thanks for your process and inspiration!

@PABragg

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO MUCH for sharing. This made my day!

because I've never seen you before I looked at your other videos and then I saw your "for those who weep" now I understand why the above beautiful piece moved me....so sorry for your loss x

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Anna. I don't take your words lightly.

This is my favourite encaustic video on KZread! Kudos!

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

That means SO much to me! Thank you!

Love this! Beautiful.

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind comment, Karen!

Thank you! I appreciate the techniques you shared that answered questions I had previously.

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Anne! Thanks so much for watching!

I love your work! So gladI came across your channel. thanks for sharing your techniques, the process and your creativity.

@PABragg

4 жыл бұрын

Made my day! Thank you!

Love, Love this piece!!!❤️👌

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Wendy!

Fantastic! Thank you so much!

Gives a lovely soft 3D-ish look. Nicely done. Thank you for sharing

@PABragg

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. MUCH appreciated.

Just AMAZING! Thank you for sharing!

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Your encouragement means so much!

That’s amazing. I had never heard of this art technique before.

@PABragg

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching, DeAnna! Encaustic is really amazing.

Very much enjoyed watching, learned a lot. Waiting on supplies to get to me, can’t wait to give it a go. Thank You.

@PABragg

3 жыл бұрын

That's awesome, Brandy!

Gorgeous! Thank you!

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words!

Just found your channel. Thank you for sharing your thoughts as you work along with encaustics. Practical and usable information and techniques

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and commenting! It means so much!

Fantastic and interesting video watching the process of creating a collaged encaustic piece. Plus I adore the piece you created. It's fabulous!

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

That means so much to me, thank you!

I really appreciate this entire process, your sensitive sketch, and all the layers of birds. It's very appealing. I get the oops with Yes paste

@SuDaChiWa

4 жыл бұрын

I hit the wrong button. I get the oops about yes paste, but would you have pasted it to the first layer of wax, or to your substrate? Thanks. This is a beautiful piece as are the others you show. Thank you.

@PABragg

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment!

Excellent instruction! Love your learnings!

@PABragg

Жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much!

You are an incredibly intuitive wax artist. I am totally impressed with your work. This one, again, is lovely. I intend to use your work as inspiration for mine. Thank you.

@PABragg

Жыл бұрын

Thank you SO MIUCH for this very kind bit of encouragement!

WOW WOW WOW --- Thank You for sharing --- This is VERY Beautiful

@PABragg

4 жыл бұрын

So sorry...somehow I missed your nice comment. THANK YOU!

WOW! Wonderful artwork. Thank you so much for sharing the process.

@PABragg

3 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU for taking the time to watch and comment!

I have been an encaustic lover for many years, and I do a bit of photography as well. I'm taking in your video, along with another local artist's videos and see if I get enough courage to make the jump from a normal high pace job to ... artsy encaustics of pictures i have taken and collected over the years. I'm 64yo now, so maybe time is right :) thank you very much for the ease in following your thoughts, descriptions, etc. and your positive predisposition in regard to art, as you go along making it. Be well and hope you're kicking cancer in the teeth!!

@PABragg

Жыл бұрын

Your comments made me smile so widely! Yes, do it! I know you will! (Definitely kicked cancer in the teeth haha!)

@patriciacard3548

18 күн бұрын

Now I want to start creating using your methods. I haven’t worked I. This medium and wonder how to start. Do you have any books you can recommend?

Awesome simple and wonderful creation thank you!

@PABragg

2 ай бұрын

Thank YOU so much! Glad you liked it.

Thank you for your valuable information.

I am so impressed!! Can’t wait to try this

@PABragg

2 жыл бұрын

Let me know how it goes!

Just beautiful.

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate your kind words, Lorraine.

So Beautiful! TFS!!

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Shay!!

This is such a helpful video. I learned a lot! Thank you

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Oh, that's great! Thank you for letting me know!

I really enjoyed watching this. It was neat to see how you revamped your ideas as you went along!

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Kristin, thank you. That means a lot. I hope to be transparent as I create these because the artwork has a mind of it's own, if you know what I mean. Thank you for watching.

Very Pretty!

I think it is beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

@PABragg

5 ай бұрын

Thank YOU for watching and taking the time to comment.

This is a very moving piece, it tells a very sad tale......well that's what it for me.....just amazing

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to write. It is amazing how creating something can bring forth emotions.

Amazing subject and composition!!! Love it!

@PABragg

Жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much for watching and commenting, Anna.

w o w! I love this video and your work - i subscribed!

@PABragg

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much!

I am an artist as well but didn't even know what this was..I saw the product on an art supply website, looked it up out of curiosity & ended up here. At first I was skeptical when you started to add the color but it turned out beautifully! And I've never seen those types of pastel pots, either. Thank you for the video, it was interesting!

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

beSteelmyheart Thank you for taking the time to watch. It was really nice of you to comment. I LOVE PanPastels!

Thank you for sharing the whole process and explaining the products and also identifying what you felt did not work so well for this piece. You have a great eye for design and the outcome is lovely.

@PABragg

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to comment!

I think this piece is really great. I can't imagine why you're unhappy with it. The gold at the end is a nice addition.

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much, Meg!

so beautiful, love it very much.

@PABragg

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Brilliant!!!

this is stunning also the drawing of the woman. TFS

@PABragg

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. When I created this piece, I did not know I was going to have breast cancer and lose my hair.

Thank you so much. Super informative. I’m just getting into encaustics.

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Mary Mc that’s awesome!

gorgeous!

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, Jayne.

Nice! Thank you for sharing..I never knew about the Yes paste…

@PABragg

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and taking the time to respond!

I've been interested in encaustic art for several years. Thanks to a current bout of insomnia, I was randomly searching online, and found your video. I haven't left a comment on here in years, but you are so generous, sharing your technique, that I wanted to say I really appreciate you for doing that. I so love artists that are open about their process, and find it inspiring, interesting, and incredibly helpful. I have been trying to figure out how to combine my poetry into mixed media, so your piece is like a divine intervention :) Beautiful piece. Really, truly appreciate you for sharing.

@PABragg

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I can't thank you enough for sharing your thoughts and your kind words. I can't describe how much that means. Divine indeed. I haven't been doing encaustic work lately as I need better ventilation in my studio which is coming soon. I want to get back to creating new videos for this channel. You could DEFINITELY incorporate your poetry into encaustic pieces or mixed media collages.

@klowe5722

Жыл бұрын

@@PABragg Yes, I suppose so. My poems are typically a page long, so will have to just use parts of them (I think?) and they are brooding, and surreal, so my art would be too. I have a few encaustic books, and am ordering more. I'm inspired, after a very long spell of nothing, so thank you for that. I look forward to looking at more of your videos, and the videos of other artists. Thank you for the nice reply :)

Thank you so much for these videos so inspiring. Beautiful piece. I'm a newby at encaustic and thought I should work through your videos in order to actually finish a piece I'm happy with. Once again so very grateful to you. Blessings x

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Angi, you made my day. Thank you so much. I am very glad the tutorials have been helpful. Don't hesitate to let me know if you have any questions. On my first few encaustic pieces I blew all the encaustic medium right off the board with my vigorous fusing/heat gun haha. Give yourself a lot of grace. The learning process is so important.

@Tickittyboo218

6 жыл бұрын

❤ Just finished my sketch, will send you a photo. Thank you for the generous offer if, or shall I say when I need advice....I blow wax all over the show. Have backed up a couple of inches now 😃

I enjoyed this very much and thank you for introducing Yes to me and perfect pearls.

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Oh, wonderful!

Beautiful.

Gorgeous! An excellent overview of your process. I really appreciate that you included the parts of your process that didn't work out perfectly and your solutions/fixes. Some of my favourite art pieces emerged because of mistakes or clumsy spills I made along the way.

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your encouragement and yes to the beauty in clumsy spills! 😀

@curtisrobert2519

2 жыл бұрын

I know Im randomly asking but does anybody know a trick to log back into an instagram account?? I somehow forgot my login password. I would love any assistance you can give me.

@louiecolton621

2 жыл бұрын

@Curtis Robert Instablaster :)

@curtisrobert2519

2 жыл бұрын

@Louie Colton I really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im trying it out atm. Seems to take quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

@curtisrobert2519

2 жыл бұрын

@Louie Colton it worked and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy! Thanks so much you saved my ass!

This was wonderful, I have been interested but have not yet started, thank you!

@PABragg

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment!

Love how this turned out, the sketch is Beautiful, I have most of my stuff bought only waiting to find a reasonable priced hot plate. Thanks for a great video, xxxx Dede xxxx

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. The encaustic hot plates were so expensive, I bought a pancake griddle at Walmart. Works great!

@daisyfield6745

5 жыл бұрын

You might want check some place like Goodwill for an inexpensive hot plate.

@TheAwakeningangel

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lisa I did find one online and will be getting it soon, well I hope as hinted to all 4 kids so Birthday coming up, lol, I let you know, xxx Dede xx

@eskimomommy123

5 жыл бұрын

I’m new to encaustic. I ended up with a white pancake griddle with a dependable temperature control

Thank you so much!

Thanks for this video. I am creating a piece for my sister's wedding gift, and you answered so many questions for me! Beautiful sketch too, by the way!

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Oh wow, you just made my day. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. I know your piece will be a treasure for your sis.

@juliettewilliams255

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for helping *me*! :) I'm struggling a little, but will have it done by Friday.

blue = lovely add!

love this tutorial - thanks much

@PABragg

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment, Stephanie.

It is absolutely amazing 👍❤️❤️✨💫✨💫✨😘👩🏼‍🎨🎨❤️❤️❤️

@PABragg

3 жыл бұрын

Diane Fontaine thank you so much!

I did learn a lot, I am just getting into encaustic and taking an artist workshop in 1/2023 in Guanajuato, Mexico

@PABragg

Жыл бұрын

Oh! THAT SOUNDS AWESOME!

Absolutely love it ❤️ it's beautiful

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

kerry Taylor thank you for your encouragement!

@kerrytaylor7449

5 жыл бұрын

@@PABragg I'm thinking of trying emcaustic. Any suggestions?

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

@@kerrytaylor7449that's awesome! In terms of supplies, I would just buy an inexpensive pancake griddle. I set mine at about 165 degrees. I also use a heat gun from the hardware store. I watched a lot of Nancy Crawford KZread tutorials before I started. I use the R and F encaustic medium. Not cheap, but works well.

@kerrytaylor7449

5 жыл бұрын

@@PABragg oh ty I will let you know what I think when I do get a chance to try

Beautiful

Lovely sketch!

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Great Lesson. Thank you.

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment, Joy!

Beautiful, love to learn this. Could one use an oil stick from faber castle?

@PABragg

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. Any soft oil stick will work. Don't hesitate to ask any other questions as you enter encaustics. It's such a beautiful medium.

thanks for making that first mistake without the paste, I would of tried just doing that too and now I don't have too!!

@PABragg

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, awesome! Thanks for watching!

excellent work thank you for sharing.

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to watch it and comment!

Очень красиво. А чем вы стираете коричгевый цвет? Что прозрачное в бутылке?

Inspiring video - thank you for sharing

@PABragg

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to comment!

Greetings from Ireland Wonderful video than you for sharing. Question how hard dose the piece set Or can you seal it so as to protect the work

@PABragg

4 жыл бұрын

patricia devlin Thank you so much for watching. Great question. Ireland :) So...the encaustic sets up very hard/firm. I have never tried sealing it with anything. I let my pieces sit for a week or so before I display or ship them.

You are speaking my language 😊

i agree, very nice,..!

Lovely piece of art work! Do you sell your art work. Thanks

@PABragg

Жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much! I used to sell it on ETSY, but now I just kind of do so by word of mouth, friends, etc.

Just wow

how do you go about taking the wax off your brush?

Great tutorial!! Just wondering, can you glue down collage paper straight onto a wood surface and then add encaustic medium without using encaustic gesso first?

@PABragg

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your kind words. I bet you could do that without an issue. I haven't tried it, though.

Amazing!!!! I love it so beautiful 😍 when prepping the encaustic gesso how long after it drys can you start using the wax or can just use it once tried right away? Thanks

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Dawn Gallop of #9 Farms as soon as it dries I am ready with the wax haha.

Love your videos. What did use to trace the birds on the tracing paper.

@PABragg

4 жыл бұрын

Jackie Cerise I modified birds I saw on a book illustration.

can you tell me the mixture amounts you use when combining organic bees wax and damar please? You work is really lovely!

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

It is so kind of you to say that. Thank you. Here is a page that will thoroughly answer your question. encaustic.com/techniq/fineart/fineart_recipes/fineart_recipes.html#recipes

WOW

Could you draw/mark making on paper and cut/tear and just collage that down into the wax as well? (fuse then another layer of wax, fuse, etc)

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Sure thing!

I just started with encaustic and watched your videos multiple times ! Thank you ! One quick questions (years later) do you need to fuse after adding the gold Perfect Pearls? Or was that the final step and no fusing required ? Thanks!

@PABragg

Жыл бұрын

Hi Gina! I hope the videos have been helpful. I can’t wait to return to encaustic once I get moved into a new studio. The gold Perfect Pearls was the last step. No fusing needed at that point.

Woww is a Precious work, I am starting at the encaustic world. I can answer what kind oil is you use ? I've only been able to see some coconut ... and where do you buy it? in the stores of fine arts?. Thanks so much

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for asking. I use coconut oil and I bought it at my regular grocery store. It's inexpensive, unscented, and it works great!

This video was interesting and I believe it can be helpful

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Tom Orourke thanks so much!

Beautiful! Thank you! I haven't tried encaustic yet, and am still in the video watching stage. ;) But I was wondering if you could tell me why you are wearing a mask?

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Beth! I watched a lot of encaustic tutorials too. It really helps! I wear a mask because I get migraines pretty frequently and sometimes the oil stick and encaustic can set those off in my case, anyway. Not sure it's the same for others.

Чем можно полировать работу в конце?

Thank you for sharing

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for watching, Christy!

So the yes paste would be directly on the wax? Should the Yes paste go under every photo copy or just the first? This is lovely btw

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

freedomcakes yep, right on the wax. I use it on every copy. Learned the hard way. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!

Just gorgeous. Love the sketch and end result. Thank you. Is it for sale???

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. This piece is for sale and is listed on my ETSY site. Let me add a link here for you.

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. This piece is for sale and is listed on my ETSY site. Let me add a link here for you.

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. This piece is for sale and is listed on my ETSY site. Let me add a link here for you.

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. This piece is for sale and is listed on my ETSY site. Let me add a link here for you.

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. This piece is for sale and is listed on my ETSY site. Let me add a link here for you.

What brush are you using? Thanks for tutorial videos.

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. A hake brush. www.dickblick.com/products/blick-hake-brush/?wmcp=bing&wmcid=feeds&wmckw=05403-4058&msclkid=ad9b8f6fdc12116a17cdd3ec8a3dc39f&Bing%20Product%20Ads(BSC)&Blick&campaign=Bing%20Product%20Ads(BSC)&adgroup=Blick&keyword=&matchtype=e

You applied what you called Encaustic Gesso to prep you cradle (board) . Regular acrylic paint gesso is fine or there is a difference with the encaustic gesso.? Thank you

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Great question. The ancaustic gesso is able to handle the heat. Regular gesso cannot.

So when you said you wish you had used Yes! paste - does that mean adhering your photocopy directly to the wood panel before applying the wax medium? I can't imagine pasting on top of the wax and am assuming you intended pasting before applying any wax at all. Thanks for sharing your process, especially the things that didn't work as well for you. Lovely image!

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Diana! GREAT question. What I should have done was put a layer of Yes paste on the back of the photocopy and then turned it over and pasted it right on top of the encaustic after it cools.

@rhondaviau-caron3322

6 жыл бұрын

I just loved this one the final gold highlights were perfect.

@PABragg

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO MUCH!

@gretchenseibert7809

5 жыл бұрын

@@PABragg Thank you for your video. When you say "turned it over" do you mean paste the front of the photocopy down to the encaustic, or the back (i.e. paste side) down to the encaustic. Thanks so much for sharing.

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

@@gretchenseibert7809 Good question. I meant that I put the paste on the backside of the photocopy and then put it onto the encaustic, paste-side-down.

Thank you for this, but when would you apply the Yes paste? Before you put the was on the prepared canvas, or on top of that layer of wax, before you added your art work?

@PABragg

3 жыл бұрын

Good question. I should have placed the Yes paste onto the back of the piece of Italian script before I pushed it down onto the encaustic. And also on the back of the sketch before adhering it to the encaustic.

@mypandapaints5854

2 жыл бұрын

@@PABragg Do you think maybe fuse after the paper but before any new layers of wax might have helped? I’m guessing that since the paper was applied to warm wax, the wax was already setting so it probably couldn’t hold the paper fibers that were placed on it?

@PABragg

2 жыл бұрын

@@mypandapaints5854 Yeah, I think you nailed it. Always such an adventure with encaustics!

@nazaresanchezruivo6380

Жыл бұрын

Hola Donde encuentro la imagen de la mujer y los pájaros. Impresionante trabajo

Awesome!! Great work!! Just want to know how long do we need to fuse each layer? And wait for another layer to add

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Great question. As I fuse, I ALWAYS keep the heat gun moving and watch as the wax changes and becomes fluid. I put the next layer on within minutes. I have found that if the wax cools too much in between layers, it's a little harder to brush on the next layer. Hope that makes sense.

@bhagyn3236

5 жыл бұрын

Hello, another question please.. how many layers do you fuse in total?

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

@@bhagyn3236 on that piece I completed 3 layers over the background first, and then 2 more layers over the whole piece after the photograph was added. Then one final layer over the photo only. So I guess you would say 5 or 6, depending on how you look at it.

Acrylic paint does not work with encausting io assume? Water base do not mix with wax i guess.But i saw that you mixed your gold with water so i guess it works at some point? Beautiful work!! I love it. I would appreciate an answer at my crazy questions please. thank u

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Great questions! You are correct about the acrylic. However, when I did mix the Perfect Pearls, I used more powder and less water which seemed to make it "stick". Thank you for your kind words!

At what stage would you have used the "Yes" glue? Would it adhere to the gesso or to the medium?

@PABragg

3 жыл бұрын

GREAT questions. To the gesso. :)

Did you fuse the pefect pearls to it? or does it adhere enough without. I love PP's but never thought to try them wet on my encaustic!

@PABragg

4 күн бұрын

Crazy, huh? One day about an hour after I had finished a piece and it wasn't warm, soft, or anything, I thought it would be so cool to flick some gold onto it. I could not believe the PP stuck and I have had no problem with it flaking off or anything. I definitely don't fuse it in. Thank you for watching.

Question why did you use water with the perfect pearls? I thought water didn’t adhere. I loved that piece.

@PABragg

5 ай бұрын

Hi Lynne, great question. I didn't think the water would adhere either, but I really want the vibrant gold of the perfect pearls paint/powder which is acrylic/water-based. So I tried it and it worked!

I was an art major in college but never became aware of this technique. How would you ordinarily display the finished piece say in an art gallery...curious?

@PABragg

5 жыл бұрын

Same here. With larger encaustic pieces, they are done on cradle board which is easy to hang since it's framed like canvas. Not sure about smaller pieces hmmmmm… I hope to have that problem to solve someday haha