Cold wax and acrylic paint

Michelle Nyberg art on Instagram: "Experimenting with oil pastels and cold was on acrylic paintings. Aside from the discoveries that I mentioned in the reel, I also realized that I could use linseed oil to smudge the pastel nicely- but it does seem to make the drying time of the cold wax longer. Do you use oil pastels? If so do you have any tips? #oilpastels #mixedmediapainting #Coldwax #abstractflorals @artroomsapp"

Art2Life on Instagram: "My favorite finish for my paintings… Today I want to show you my favorite finish for a painting - cold wax. I use cold wax on both acrylic and oil paintings to create a final beautiful surface. It often takes two coats that I then polish to create a river stone finish — it’s not glossy, and not matte, it’s just right. I love the natural quality of the wax and the yummy luster it leaves after polishing. Cold wax works so well for all my paintings, I even use it in…

A portrait in water-based cold wax, acrylics and Rusty Powder

While most of us work in encaustic, which is to say pigmented wax that is applied when molten and then fused to the layers beneath it, there are some artists who have committed in whole or in part to cold wax, a medium that needs no heat to be workable. In the conversation that follows we talk about the two kinds of cold wax available to painters. Rebecca Crowell, Porturlin, 2016; oil, cold wax, and pigments on panel, 36 x 60 inches Most of us are familiar with the solvent-based cold wax…

Enhance your cold wax and oil paintings with alcohol inks and cold wax medium. This technique brings a beautiful combination of transparency and textures to add interest to your paintings.

When mixing this water-based cold wax into your acrylics, you can get almost the same effects and use the same cold wax techniques as with the cold wax and oils when layering and creating texture

Main difference between encaustic and cold wax is that, while cold wax painting there is no heat involved.

How Long Does Cold Wax and Oil Paint Take to Dry? Read on to learn more about cold wax's drying time and how to speed it up.