Ceracolors Water-Soluble Wax Paint 50ml - S1 Yellow Ochre is a professional beeswax-based paint that delivers the luminous, velvety optical quality of wax with the convenience of water-based handling. Yellow Ochre (PY 43) is one of the most lightfast colours available and has been a foundational earth yellow on artists’ palettes since prehistory. In Ceracolors form, it offers a soft, natural yellow that reveals subtle lemon undertones in glazes and tints, making it perfect for portraits, skin tones, sunlit landscapes, underpainting, and warm neutral mixes.

Made from pharmaceutical-grade beeswax blended with naturally derived waxes, Ceracolors supports encaustic and wax painting techniques without requiring heated tools, electricity, or specialist equipment. Use it straight from the tube for strong, opaque coverage and smooth brushwork, or thin it with water for watercolour-like washes, transparent veils, and delicate glazing. Its opacity makes it especially useful for blocking-in, adjusting values, and creating clean highlights and soft, earthy mixtures without chalkiness.

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. Once cured, heat set and fuse the surface using a hair dryer, heat gun, or pastry torch to increase durability and wet scrub resistance and to further refine the wax finish.

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

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