Sorry about the title. I couldn’t help myself 
I’m sure I’m about the 100th person to make that joke in reference to encaustic.
I am lucky enough to know many talented people in the Austin area. Christine Terrell of adaptive reuse and Tincaustics was sweet enough to show me the basics of encaustics so I could proceed on my current project. Here are some shots from our play date.
Christine’s wax pot, heated up and ready to go.
The color palette on an electric griddle.
Raw beeswax and resin.
An example of Christine’s beautiful work.
Hard to tell but I waxed the back of the watercolor paper to make it translucent. You can see the shadows from my fingers on the left hand side.
Fresh wax over the salt print on wood.
Salt print on wood after the wax was set and lightly buffed.
I will be posting up more salt prints on wood as soon as I figure out which images will benefit from this technique. I also hope to experiment with color and texture soon.
