December is the perfect time to melt crayons. Try it out for yourself. . .a mini dip into the world of encaustic painting (painting with wax). Honestly, I just started playing with this technique myself and was simply experimenting with a box of crayons at the studio. All that’s needed besides the crayons themselves are a heat dryer and a hot glue gun. More details below in the exercise this month. . .melting wax.