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26 Jan 2021 by Ina Luders

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Despite Brexit, Covid and all other curveballs thrown our way, we have prevailed. Over the last 4 months we have added some colours and worked hard to bring you new and better packaging for most of our products. We have added the beautiful Maroon Oxide and Cadmium Yellow to our existing range. We will share…

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Bringing back water soluble encaustic, the beautifully vibrant artist paint used by ancient Greek and Roman artists. Now available in our online shop.

Red ochre, a natural earth pigment containing iron

#carbonblack #titaniumwhite #rawumber #rawsienna

How did ancient Egyptians create dazzling painting

We love Adele Wagstaff’s portraits for her abili

Ancient Egypt was flooded with color. Artists and

Cuní water-soluble encaustics are made out of bee

We’d love to share this Diana González Gandolfi

Amazing mediterranean mural by Pedro Cuní painted

Did the Romans use the same materials as the Greek

#workinprogress. Mural by Pedro Cuní at a French

The archaeological site of Cacaxtla, Mexico, has s

Julio Sendino. Cuní water-soluble encaustic on MD

Roman wall paintings often make use of pigments wh

The Alexandrovo Thracian tomb of Kazanlak in centr

With this captivating painting, Welsh artist Gethi

Cinnabar, also known as "vermilion", is the most c

#watersolubleencaustic #cunicolours #cuni #titaniu

The Greek tradition of painting their ships with e

#encaustic_cuni #watersolubleencaustic #cunicolour

An extremely rare chunk of Tyrian purple dye – t

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Bringing back water soluble encaustic, the beautifully vibrant artist paint used by ancient Greek and Roman artists. Now available in our online shop.

Red ochre, a natural earth pigment containing iron

Red ochre, a natural earth pigment containing iron oxide, has an incredibly long history of use by humans. Archaeological evidence suggests that red ochre has been utilized for at least 100,000 years. This pigment has been found in some of the world's earliest known art, including cave paintings, burial sites, and decorative objects. It was used by all ancient cultures across different continents for a variety of purposes, such as body decoration, artistic expression, and ceremonial activities.Today is still used by Australian aborigines. Red ochre plays a significant role in their cultural practices, including body painting for ceremonies, creating rock art, and in traditional medicine. The red pigment is often obtained from specific sacred sites and holds great cultural and spiritual significance.In modern times, red ochre continues to be used by artists around the world. Its earthy tones and natural properties make it a favored choice for those who seek traditional and environmentally friendly materials. Contemporary artists appreciate its historical connotations and the depth it brings to their works. Thus, the use of red ochre bridges ancient practices with modern artistic endeavors, showcasing its enduring significance in human culture.#redochre #burntochre #cunicolours #watersolubleencaustic #earthpigments #ironoxide

#carbonblack #titaniumwhite #rawumber #rawsienna

#carbonblack #titaniumwhite #rawumber #rawsienna

How did ancient Egyptians create dazzling painting

How did ancient Egyptians create dazzling paintings? Examples can be found on the walls of their palaces, tombs, and temples, and they also painted on objects, such as stelae or coffins.
In ancient Egypt, pigments were mostly made from minerals that were gathered or dug from the earth. They were ground down to a fine powder and then mixed with a binder, sometimes made out of beeswax.
Ancient Egyptians painted with brushes, just like we do now. Their brushes were made out of bundles of plant materials like grasses and reeds, using a string to bind brush materials together.
#egypt #beeswax #encaustic #brush #pigment #ancientegypt #egyptianpainting #binder #wallpainting

We love Adele Wagstaff’s portraits for her abili

We love Adele Wagstaff’s portraits for her ability to not only depict the physical attributes of her subjects but to delve deeply into their personalities and humanity, creating portraits that resonate on a personal and emotional level. In her latest portrait, her skill in capturing the essence of her subjects shines through.The use of water soluble encaustic, a medium known for its rich texture and distinctive sheen, amplifies the colours and breathes life into the artwork. This technique, combined with Wagstaff's meticulous attention to detail and profound understanding of her subjects, results in a portrait that is both visually stunning and deeply evocative.@adelewagstaff.artist #cunicolours #watersolubleencaustic #encaustic #beeswaxpainting #coldwaxmedium #portrait #presence #fromlife #ontheeasel

Ancient Egypt was flooded with color. Artists and

Ancient Egypt was flooded with color. Artists and craftspeople brightly embellished a variety of surfaces, including temple and palace walls, coffins, statues, and pottery. Pigments were sourced from minerals such as iron, copper, and cobalt.Minerals such as ochres, sourced from earth and clay, and carbon-based black were usually accessible to artisans in Egypt, but some pigments had to be imported into the Nile Valley from the Eastern and Western Deserts and Oases, or even farther away. #Egypt #nilevalley #pigments #egyptianpainting #ironpigments #azurite #ochre #egyptiangreen

Cuní water-soluble encaustics are made out of bee

Cuní water-soluble encaustics are made out of beeswax. This sets them apart from other water-based encaustics that use petroleum-derived waxes, such as microcrystalline wax or paraffin. The formula of the Cuní colours is the same as that used by ancient painters in Europe, Asia and America, which gives them a special historical and artisanal value. This characteristic gives them a quality and naturalness that evokes traditional painting techniques, maintaining the essence of ancestral artistic practices. #watersolubleencaustic #cunicolours #beeswaxpainting #beeswaxmedium #coldwax #coldwaxmedium

We’d love to share this Diana González Gandolfi

We’d love to share this Diana González Gandolfi’s stunning pieces. Diana is a Philadelphia-based artist who creates mixed media abstract paintings and prints informed by maps, scientific imagery and autobiographical data. This two paintings were created using encaustic monotype and Cuni colours on panel. We love!
#watersolubleencaustic #cunicolours #encaustic #beeswaxpainting #coldwaxmedium

Amazing mediterranean mural by Pedro Cuní painted

Amazing mediterranean mural by Pedro Cuní painted for @maison_provencebk in Manhattan.@encaustic_cuni #watersolubleencaustic #cunicolours #encaustic #coldwax #coldwaxmedium #beeswaxpainting #waxpainting #mural #muralart #muralartist

Did the Romans use the same materials as the Greek

Did the Romans use the same materials as the Greeks in their painting?According to ancient sources, encaustic was the wax-based painting technique used by ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine artists.The ancient documentary sources reflect the wide use of encaustic by painters in classical antiquity: it is practically the only technique mentioned in connection with the execution of works of art, painters were called encausters or waxers, and the word “wax” was synonymous not only with encaustic, but also with painting.The Roman artist inherited the palette of the Egyptian and Greek artist, but what is perhaps different is the ease with which the range of pigments became available across the Empire. This reflects the extent of trading between centres of pigment extractionand making and the main centres of art production.Blue pigments used were derived from:1. Blue azurite, a naturally occurring copper carbonate mineral found in Morocco and France often found with green malachite.2. Lapis lazuli, from Afghanistan, to form the pigment ultramarine.#encaustic #watersolubleencaustic #lapislazuli #azurite #greek #greekpainting #roman #romanpainting #waxmedium #beeswaxpainting #coldwax #coldwaxmedium

#workinprogress. Mural by Pedro Cuní at a French

#workinprogress. Mural by Pedro Cuní at a French restaurant in Manhattan. Unlike most organic paint media, which require to be applied on completely cured mortar, Cuní water soluble encaustic can be used on wet or uncured lime or cement mortar. The paint layer in contact with the wet mortar becomes quickly cured and water insoluble.
#pedrocuni #watersolubleencaustic #cunicolours #encaustic #encausticart #beeswaxmedium #coldwax #mural #muralart #coldwaxmedium @maison_provencebk

The archaeological site of Cacaxtla, Mexico, has s

The archaeological site of Cacaxtla, Mexico, has several buildings that were decorated with strikingly colourful mural paintings, in which war scenes, rulers and warriors such as eagle and jaguar knights can be observed. These magnificent works of art constitute a sustained and local painting tradition, treasured by generations of patrons and painters.This important site was occupied by Olmeca-Xicalanca culture during the Epiclassic period from 700 a.c. to 900 a.c.Chemical analysis carried out on the paintings, revealed the use of a beeswax-based binding medium.#beeswax #beeswaxpainting #muralpainting #ancientmexico #cacaxtla

Julio Sendino. Cuní water-soluble encaustic on MD

Julio Sendino. Cuní water-soluble encaustic on MDF wood panel. Geometric abstraction. Finalist work: VII Certamen de Pintura Camarote Madrid 2019. León, Spain.Intervention on a wall in the vaulted barrel room of the Valdemonjas winery in Quintanilla de Arriba, Valladolid, Spain. An artistic mural measuring 6.50 m in base by 3.50 m in height with a theme related to the world of wine.#juliosendino #watersolubleencaustic #cunicolours #cuni #beeswaxpainting #beeswax #encausticcuni #coldwax #coldwaxmedium #mural #muralpainting #winery #wine

Roman wall paintings often make use of pigments wh

Roman wall paintings often make use of pigments which cannot be used in fresco because they degrade on contact with lime: white and red lead, malachite, azurite, cinnabar, orpiment and organic pigments. The presence of these pigments indicates that these paintings were not executed on a fresh lime rendering.#watersolubleencaustic #watersolublewax #cunicolours #coldwax #coldwaxmedium #beeswaxpainting #roman #romanwall #mural #muralpainting #pigment #orpiment #malachite #azurite #cinnabar #organicpigments #whitelead #redlead

The Alexandrovo Thracian tomb of Kazanlak in centr

The Alexandrovo Thracian tomb of Kazanlak in central Bulgaria is a stunning example of Thracian artistry and a window into the rich cultural tapestry of the ancient Thracian civilization, which thrived in the Balkans from around 4000 BC until the Roman conquest in the first century AD.The tomb is most renowned for its elaborate mural paintings, which are among the best-preserved masterpieces of Hellenistic art.One of the most striking features of the murals is their vivid use of color and sophisticated techniques, which reflect a high level of artistic achievement.An analytical study of samples obtained from these paintings proposes that they were made with a beeswax based painting technique. The perfect presevation and brilliant colours of the paintings suggests that they were made with water soluble encaustic.The Thracian tomb at Alexandrovo is one of the oldest examples in the world that has paintings executed with wax binder.#watersolubleencaustic #encaustic #beeswaxpainting #thracian #thraciantomb #thraciantombofkazanlak #coldwax #coldwaxmedium #coldencaustic

With this captivating painting, Welsh artist Gethi

With this captivating painting, Welsh artist Gethin Evans takes us to the Villa of Mysteries in Pompeii, capturing the atmosphere, colours, and textures of this marvelous mural created by the ancient Romans. Bravo, Gethin!!#gethinvevans #cunicolours #encaustic #watersolubleencaustic #cuni #rome #pompeii #beeswaxpainting #coldwax #coldwaxmedium

Cinnabar, also known as "vermilion", is the most c

Cinnabar, also known as "vermilion", is the most common source ore for refining elemental mercury and has been mined and used as a precious resource by many cultures around the globe since at least the 10th millennium B.C.Cinnabar was used as a pigment in Neolithic and Chalcolithic in the Iberian Peninsula.It was known to the ancient Greeks. The Greek botanist Theophrastus described its sources and methods of extraction in the fourth century B.C.Natural vermilion was the most expensive pigment used by the Romans for wall paintings, as in the wall painting from the Villa Boscoreale.Western medicine has basically banned mercury like public health enemy No. 1.#cinnabar #pigment #vermilion #redpigment #villaboscoreale #roman #mercury

#watersolubleencaustic #cunicolours #cuni #titaniu

#watersolubleencaustic #cunicolours #cuni #titaniumwhite #phthalogreen #cinnabargreen #rawumber #encaustic #beeswaxpainting #coldwax #coldwaxmedium #waxtempera

The Greek tradition of painting their ships with e

The Greek tradition of painting their ships with encaustic is well documented in art and literature, and was mentioned already by Homer. He refers to ships that had been painted with red or blue colours, and states that such painting was performed in a technique, which had been invented in Asia Minor. Not only were the ships painted, they had decorations as well.The custom of painting ships with wax must have been in use during the Classic, Hellenistic and Roman periods, since it was still adapted at the end of the Roman Imperial period. Kallixenos recorded the tradition in his book about Alexandria. He described how the ship of Ptolemaios Philipator was decorated with wax paintings in many colours. Ships and boats painted in vivid colours are still part of the Mediterranean tradition, although wax colours are probably not used anymore.#encaustic #encausticpainting #greece #greekship #greekpainting #waxpainting #paintingwithfire #encausto

#encaustic_cuni #watersolubleencaustic #cunicolour

#encaustic_cuni #watersolubleencaustic #cunicolours #beeswax #beeswaxpainting #coldencaustic #coldwaxmedium #portrait #waxtempera

An extremely rare chunk of Tyrian purple dye – t

An extremely rare chunk of Tyrian purple dye – thought to be the only one of its type in the former Roman Empire – has been discovered in Carlisle, England. The pigment was an extremely valuable dye in ancient Rome because of its rich, vivid color, which denoted imperial authority, wealth, and status.The paint used in murals or on high-status coffins, such as those discovered in Pompeii and Roman Egypt, is the most common form of Tyrian purple discovery.The chemical analysis carried out by the British Geological Society showed that the pigment had high bromine and beeswax content.Made from the glandular mucus of mollusks found in the Eastern Mediterranean and North African coastlines, the production of Tyrian Purple was so labor-intensive that it was valued above gold.#tyrianpurple #pigment #beeswax #purple #roman #romanwall #coffin

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