There’s something really enjoyable about working with cold wax and oil paint on a landscape. It’s all about texture and surface, dragging a palette knife through those warm browns and ochres, softening the edges with a creamy mix of wax and pigment, and watching a horizon slowly appear on the taped square on the easel.
Cold wax gives oil paint this lovely, matte finish soft, earthy, and full of light. You can scrape, layer, or gently polish it back to reveal earlier marks, like uncovering layers of time. In this piece, the golden ground glows like late afternoon light, while the deeper tones raw umber and burnt umber start to form a distant ridge.
The studio always carries its own rhythm notes, swatches, half mixed colours on the palette small reminders of past ideas. The whole process is calm and hands on, more about feeling your way through the materials than chasing a perfect view.
In the end, it’s not about painting a place exactly as it is, but capturing how it feels quiet, grounded, and full of light.
Links to Artists that use cold wax and oil paints:
https://www.jacksonsart.com/blog/2020/01/17/comparing-cold-wax-mediums/
https://finearttutorials.com/guide/cold-wax-painting/
https://www.lisaboardwinefineart.com/
https://www.ukama.ca/nicola-morgan
https://www.rebeccacrowell.com/
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