Here at Cheap Joe's Art Stuff, find a wonderful selection of high-quality encaustic paint, where the artist paints in hot wax. Colors are pure pigment, with beeswax and damar resin as a binder. To activate the paint, melt it on low heat and apply it while molten to absorbent surfaces like paper, wood, canvas, and bisque ceramic. Colors remain brilliant forever, as seen in encaustic portrait paintings from ancient Egypt! Paint, layer, carve, collage, draw, and sculpt in this unique expressive painting medium.