SUSANA F. BLANCO

Hello everyone and welcome to my channel! 

I am Susana F. Blanco, a Spanish artist now based in Saudi Arabia teaching Design at PMU University.

After many years of exploring many painting technics, now I am focussing in encaustic. Encaustic painting, also known as wax painting, involves using heated beeswax and Dammar resin mixed with coloured pigments. This technique was used in the Fayum mummy portraits in Egypt around 100–300 AD.

I have over sixteen years of experience in teaching Art and Design. I have an International PhD in Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid (Spain), a Master’s Degree in Contemporary Art and double BA (Hons) in Art and Design, one from the UK and the other from Spain.

The topic of my doctoral thesis was, “The Use of Beeswax as a Material in the Arts and its Applications from the 20th Century to the Present.” I am also passionate about sustainability, and I am in a continuous research to find ways to find sustainable materials for my studio.