Dear Rochelle,
I am very happy you found the set of wax colors with what you need to try out this medium. I looked up the Irish artist on the Internet. Apparently the spelling is Eileen Meagher.
This web address will take you right to her biography and thumbnails of some of her works.
www.lavelleartgallery.ie/artist.tmpl?artist=EileenMeagher
They are indeed beautiful.
I understand what you mean about the velvety surface of the painting. I managed to achieve this with one of my colored pencil portraits, but it takes lots and lots of time to build up the layers and does not give the translucency that the wax must. Seeing the brushstrokes and colors beneath the surface must be as hypnotic as looking into a precious jewel.
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