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Today I am home sick on Day 3 of a terrible head cold. Usually I am able to keep my chin up and have some fun with the free time for creativity. Not so this week. It was time to make the big change from Constant Contact to Mail Chimp that I had been dreading so there was a lot of kleenex, tears and "business stuff" that my poor sick brain did not want to deal with. All the joys of running your own small business. ;) Trying to get back into the creative game, but nothing was happening. Then...

Exploring Encaustic: Intro to the Iron & Stylus 2 Day Saturday and Sunday, March 19th & 20th, 10:30am to 4pm with 1/2 for lunch each dayCost: $100 with $40 supply fee Curious about painting with pigmented beeswax?     Please join me for this fun 2 day introductory course where you will learn the basics of working with the encaustic iron and stylus. We will cover safety, set up, and the basic  techniques with lots of time for creative exploration. We will explore painting on different types of paper, collage, and using mixed media with your work. Everyone will go home...

I am in the studio tonight making some delicious medium!! I will post the results tomorrow as I brought out some of my favorite shapes to play with. Custom boxes of wax are flying out of the shop these days. I am so happy that folks are having fun with playing beyond the pre-set boxes and go wild making up their own custom color combinations of 16 blocks per set. Here is a new set that is going out tomorrow. It is with a little bit of sadness that I have to report that the heat resistance sponges will soon no...

Winter can be long and dreary and sometimes your creative play can fall by the wayside. Nicolas Wilton has some great advice on keeping a consistent studio practice over on his blog. You can  see it here: http://www.nicholaswilton.com/2016/01/19/how-to-stop-avoiding-your-art-practice/ I love this playful new video from Michael Bossom on using the stylus. I find I don't always remember to use my stylus and this video got me very excited about taking it out and playing with some images of my own paintings to rework them in a new way. I will post those images soon.