A Tapestry of Seasons - Melanie Eade

Encaustic painting is 3000 year old and is a form of painting that involves a heated wax medium (beeswax and damar resin) to which coloured pigments such as inks, oil paints, pastels have been added. The molten mix is applied to a prepared wood surface. Metal tools and natural bristle brushes are used to shape the medium as it cools. A heat gun or blow torch is used to fuse and bind the medium.
Shellac burn - shellac is applied pigmented with Pan pastels. The spidery effect is the shellac burn.