Most of the time when I'm stamping on my art, I'm not trying to get a perfect image transfer.  I'm going for a more abstract type of look, with random parts of the stamp popping out and a kind of blended look with the other parts that are not so clear.  Because of this, I didn't bother mounting this one before I started stamping.  And because I didn't wait until the wax was cool, I started getting these amazing impressions stamped into the wax, completely by accident!

There are so many artistic possibilities that are unique to encaustic painting. Achieving these kinds of transparent layers would be difficult, if not impossible, with any other painting medium.  It's the main reason I love encaustic painting…