a chemical study of the paint media used in Roman paintings has allowed to the development of a new painting technique -patent pending-, with outstanding characteristics, based on water-soluble beeswax.
At left, Roman wall painting from the Temple of Isis in Pompeii. Water-soluble encaustic on dry lime mortar. Second half of the 1st century AD. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
At right, Portrait of man. Egypt. Water-soluble encaustic on wood. 43,8 x 19,7 cm. 150-200 AD. Brooklyn Museum, New York.
The basic components of the water-soluble encaustic have been identified in Pompeian wall paintings and in Roman-Egyptian mummy portraits.
cuní colors offer water solubility and fast drying time.
Water-soluble encaustic is the only painting technique that allows both aquarelle-like brushstrokes and thick impastos that keep their form while drying.
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water-soluble encaustic colors
advantages of water-soluble encaustic compared to acrylic paints
vibrant and bright brushstrokes and richness of nuance and transparencies.
brushtrokes that hold their form while drying.
great body and volume in diluted strokes.
The current range consists of twenty-four colors