Ceracolors Water-Soluble Wax Paint 50ml - S1 Raw Sienna is a professional beeswax-based paint that offers the luminous optical quality of wax with the easy handling and clean up of water-based colour. Raw Sienna is a yellowish brown with a deep golden undertone, prized for its warmth, versatility, and glazing strength. The masstone is a rich caramel that can shift from soft golden stains to deeper earthy notes depending on how you load and move the brush, making it ideal for underpainting, portraits, skin tones, sunlit landscapes, and transparent layering.

Made from pharmaceutical-grade beeswax blended with naturally derived waxes, Ceracolors supports encaustic and wax painting techniques without needing heated tools, electricity, or specialist equipment. Use it straight from the tube for smooth coverage and controlled texture, or thin with water for watercolour-like washes, glazes, and subtle tonal veils. Raw Sienna excels in glazing because its semi-transparent character allows light to pass through layers, building depth and warmth without muddying.

Ceracolors dries in two stages: it becomes touch-dry quickly as water evaporates, then continues curing as wax crystals coalesce over days or weeks depending on thickness. During the early stage, you can reopen areas with a damp brush for blending and soft transitions. Once cured, heat set and fuse with a hair dryer, heat gun, or pastry torch to increase durability and wet scrub resistance and to further manipulate the wax surface.

Best on rigid supports like wood panels, but also suitable on canvas and paper, and can be applied to surfaces such as ceramics, glass, metal, or plastic. Clean up with soap and water, and remove dried paint with household ammonia.

Pigment: PY 43 (natural iron oxide hydroxide). Series 1. Opacity: semi-transparent. Permanence: A (permanent). Conforms to ASTM D-4236.