News — Encaustic Art Classes

I had the pleasure of taking a class with Andrea Bird, of Wax Works Encaustics, a few weeks ago. This class was part of the annual CanwaxWest series that brings in outside artists to Penticton, BC. Though I teach, I am always a student first and never want to miss an opportunity to learn from the best.  "Andrea Bird has been making art and leading creative workshops for decades, the last focusing on encaustic exclusively. She is in love with this luscious, spontaneous way of painting – considering it more of a ‘dialogue between artist and painting’ than any other medium she’s...

Embracing Encaustic: Wax Transfers with Linda Robertson In my final post about my trip to Portland we are back in Linda’s studio. I was lucky to have taken classes from Linda before, both in person and online, and she is a pleasure to learn from. If it is in person, everything you need is there in her studio and if it is online she is just an email away for questions. Linda describes the class, “Transferring images and drawings onto wax gives a crisp magical look or a beautifully rustic effect depending on a few simple choices. I'll also show...

Exploring Encaustic 2016 May 19-23, 2016 (5 Day Class)  Please join me for 5 full days of painting with encaustic. This course is perfect for students of all levels. For those who are new to encaustic it is a full immersion into encaustic painting and techniques. For those who are more experienced it is an opportunity to deepen your practice and refresh your skills. Over the 5 days we will cover: Studio set up and safety Basics of painting and fusing Creating Texture Mixed Media & encaustic Images & encaustic (new version) Studio Day - open time to bring everything...

I just spent the last 2 days with the best group of ladies from Kelowna! We had so much fun in the Exploring Encausitc: 2 Day Intro class at the Leir House in Penticton, BC. These gals were no novices. All had prior experience in other mediums, predominantly mixed media, and it really showed how easily skills from other disciplines can cross over to working in encaustic. Plus my mom joined us for the weekend! It is always fun to have her in the class. (That's mom 2nd from the left) We started by going back to basics working with the primaries,...

We have some great new products in the shop from Enkaustikos. Their fabulous instructional DVD is a great way to begin your encaustic practice. Learn from the experts from Enkaustikos. In this instructional video you will learn why encaustic painting is so enticing to contemporary artists and what makes it different from other mediums. Artist Kathryn Bevier will open your eyes to a variety of techniques that can be accomplished with encaustic paints and mediums. When working on the a hotplate, keeping your paints in order is key. Encaustic painting tins are a great way to save and store your paints...