#cold wax

[thesandlorde]

horripilation, 2024, oil and cold wax on birch cradled panel, 16" x 16"

[yykubo]

yoshiyuki kubo

[mxkitchimera]

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I went to Furality Luma Festival in vrchat and spent most of the mini-con in the event space on the highest cliff, sitting in the water watching performances beside my partner. I finally picked up the [irl] oil paint again, but this time I tried cold wax technique with some Dorlands I'd acquired recently. It costs spoons to mix up the wax and oil paint, but it's like working with buttercream frosting, really tactile! I really want to loosen up and say more with less/I'm prone to overworking, so this was all done with a palette knife. My intention was to paint the figures of our avatars in there (based on vrc photo refs I snapped) but I chickened out bc I like this painting where it is. Then I realized that I have to learn how to photograph this stuff, a whole new skillset. >>

as though I haven't also been diverting energy to learning blender and unity and now substance painter so i can be a funny animal in virtual reality.

[eluela]

©️eluela / edith lüthi

[traceyannr]

Water Hyacinths. Oil and cold wax on panel board.

[artbymjohnson]

“Turmoil”  36X36 Oil & cold wax on wood panel.

[gedditor]

Today’s WIP - oil and cold wax on paper

Probably a little more colour to come once this stage is dry. Cold wax medium turns oil paint into something like butter, which is irresistibly enjoyable to play with. Can be a trap - it’s hard to stop playing, so very easy to over-Work. This one got rescued (more or less) from an overworked state that nearly had me binning it.

[jadonulrich]

Jean-Baptiste Bernadet Untitled (Fugue Japonaise), 2015 Oil and cold wax on canvas. 78 7/10 × 70 9/10 in