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How to choose and prepare the best substrate for encaustic painting

Encaustic painter Ruth Maude breaks down the steps for choosing and preparing your panels for encaustic painting.

DIY faux gilded frame using Encausticbord and R&F metallic encaustic paint

Leslie Giuliani demonstrates how to make a faux gilded frame and a painting to put in it with R&F Encaustic Paint and Ampersand Encausticbord.

Shary Bartlett: India ink and encaustic on Encausticbord

Watch this time-lapse of Shary Bartlett apply encaustic and India ink on Encausticbord. 8x8, Paisley Phrase

Elise Wagner, Night Moves, 8x8, encaustic on Ampersand Encausticbord — Artwork by Elise Wagner

Mixed media on Encausticbord

Only Encausticbord has a ready-to-use surface formulated for the unique demands of encaustic painting and mixed media. Encaustic gesso is applied to Ampersand's sealed Hardbord panel to form a bright, smooth, and velvety surface that is ready to use with the ancient technique of encaustic painting.