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Cathy Nichols, StencilGirl & I ❤ Pastels Wow! I had a big secret to keep over the last few months but now the secret is out! Cathy's beautiful new Boho stencils for the StencilGirl StencilClub!It was so much fun painting with Cathy back in June while she was making her demo video. You can see her in action below. StencilGirl products are so easy to use with encaustic. They are heat resistant, versatile to use, and so easy to clean.We used a combination of Encaustic Art I ♥ Pastels set and a variety of colors from Enkaustikos. It was a great afternoon of...

Exploring Encaustic Stencil Demo with Bethany Handfield - using PanPastel, R&F Paints Pigment Sticks & Cathy Nichols' designed stencils. Eek! I finally did it! I made a demo video this weekend with assistance from the lovely Miss Megan. I had been putting off doing one for years because I was afraid of how I looked and sounded and really so many fear based loops in my head. I am really happy that I pushed through that and finally did it. Teaching is a huge passion of mine and I hope this will allow me to help more people learn about encaustic as...

Asheville, NC I was tickled pink to meet and have a studio visit with the lovely Cathy Nichols in the gorgeous mountain town of Asheville, NC. Cathy is an encaustic and mixed media artist who lives a colorful and creative life with her musician partner Jay and children. They were both so welcoming to me, my mom Maggie and family friend Monica when we came for our visit. Cathy creates beautiful whimsical paintings in delicious colours and regularly shows her work across the United States. Though we were playing with encaustic during our visit, she is an accomplished mixed media...