I'm teaching another encaustic workshop in the studio this weekend. The classroom teacher comes out in me as I prepare each student's place with materials and an outline for the weekend. I arrange each item with care and precision, as [...]
The teacher in me gets to come out this month. I'm preparing for one of my small group encaustic workshops. With 17 years of public school teaching in me it's hard to let go of creating a learning environment for [...]
… and returned for the demo! What a cool mom. She and her son visited me during the first weekend of open studio. They looked at all of my work, turned the pages of my encaustic sketch book and [...]
The traveling is over and I'm happy to be settled once more in the studio. I've taken a few days to think about all that has happened and all the wonderful people I've met along the way. The Art Fair [...]
Encaustic is a mixture of beeswax, damar resin and raw pigment. It is an ancient technique and we still have paintings today from a long time ago to prove its durability. There is a joy in using encaustic that I [...]
