#encaustic techniques

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Flowers, Botanicals, Natural Processes & Materials: A Vermont Encaustic Retreat

Flowers, Botanicals, Natural Processes & Materials: A Vermont Encaustic Retreat

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The Vermont Landscape as Muse: Encaustic on Paper & the Written Word

The Vermont Landscape as Muse: Encaustic on Paper & the Written Word

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The 4 Most Common Encaustic Painting Woes & How to Fix Them

Encaustic is an amazing painting medium and I'm sad when I hear that artists have given it up because of a problem that could have easily been fixed with knowing only one useful tip. If you're having painting bothers, read on for the rescue.

I’ve been teaching encaustic painting since 2005 and throughout my teaching I have noticed four major recurring issues, problems and mistakes that many (beginner to advanced) encaustic painters encounter. Application, temperature, translucency and fusing issues are the infamous four problems. Even more of a problem is that these issues are difficult to pinpoint as some beginning painters may…

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My Discovery of Mars (Not the Planet, Silly)

Just like the planet Mars has been around forever, so have RandF Paints' Mars Encaustic colors, only I just discovered them while at my Brown Pink Residency...my trip to Mars took a few turns, it seems.

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Workshops, Workshops, Workshops... My 2022 Encaustic Workshop & Retreat Schedule

Workshops, Workshops, Workshops… My 2022 Encaustic Workshop & Retreat Schedule

2022 VIRTUAL ENCAUSTIC WORKSHOPSBASICALLY THE VERY BASICS ENCAUSTICLive Zoom WorkshopJanuary 6, 2022, 1:00-4:00PM ESTWORKSHOP WEBSITE COMING SOONBEYOND THE BASICS ENCAUSTIC: LAYERS, TRANSLUCENCY & COLLAGELive Zoom WorkshopApril 5, 7, 12, 2022 1:00-3:00PM ESTWORKSHOP WEBSITE COMING SOONPAINTING WITH FIRE ONLINE ENCAUSTIC WORKSHOPS WITH ESSENCE OF MULRANNY26 Instructors/52 Lessons for One Low Price…

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Abstracting Landscape En Plein-Air & Encaustic: A Vermont Artist Retreat

Abstracting Landscape En Plein-Air & Encaustic: A Vermont Artist Retreat

Treat nature by the sphere, the cylinder and the cone…Sometimes I imagine colors as if they were living ideas, being of pure reason with which to communicate. Nature is not on the surface, it is deep down. ~Paul Cezanne What Abstracting Landscape En Plein-Air & Encaustic: A Vermont Artist RetreatWhen August 15-19, 2022Monday 7-9pm OrientationTuesday-Friday, 9am-4:00pm Workshop…

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Exploring Landscape Through Photography, The Figure & Encaustic: An Artist Retreat

Exploring Landscape Through Photography, The Figure & Encaustic: An Artist Retreat

I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. -Robert Frost So grateful to Hahnemuhle Papers for partially sponsoring this workshop! So grateful to R&F Paints for partially sponsoring this workshop!!! What Exploring Landscape Through Photography, The Figure &…

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My 2020 Workshop & Retreat Schedule

Is there someone on your holiday gift list who has everything? Instead of more STUFF, give them the experience of a creative Workshop or Retreat! Buy one for someone you love, buy one for yourself or both!

Is there someone on your holiday gift list who has everything? Instead of more STUFF, give them the experience of a creative Workshop or Retreat! Creative experiences make great gifts because they keep on giving for a lifetime. Buy one for someone you love, buy one for yourself or both! Before choosing a Retreat or Workshop, please be sure to read my Workshop & Retreat Guideto find out if a…

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