Painting portraits in encaustic

beginning loose charcoal drawing on oil primed, milk paint board

Finished piece.

 I am photographing each step I make while painting a portrait in encaustic. This is for my planned book, "Painting Portraits in Encaustic" I will be including the palette, tools and fusing methods that I use. I do not want my figurative work to look like an oil painting. I love the texture and luminosity of encaustic and I want those qualities to speak in the portraits.

Now this is more like San Miguel de Allende

The sun came out and dried up the streets, put smiles on people's faces and certainly warmed up my old bones.