Paintings are hung. Tomorrow I am off for a 6 day retreat in Encinitas CA.

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Lv. Room

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kitchen

over the stove

dining area

dinning area 2

all about the workshops

Check out my workshop blog for details about the classes.
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The studio is ready for students

We are still unpacking and organizing, but after several days of work placing and replacing tables, storage boxes and hot palettes, the studio is ready for students. There is plenty of light and room for 8 people.

The before photo

Stacks were placed and bolted into the wall

Everything in place, including the anti-fatigue mats

opposite side with a demo table

I can easily find what ever is needed

Light, air and a view

Everything is ready. Students sign up!

brilliant use of photos collages and encasutic

Cynthia Hamilton, my daughter, also works in encaustic - completely different from how I work.
I am impressed how she can combine photos and collage into a interesting  story- telling

surfaces - not just sticking a photo in the middle of the board and painting a frame around it. To see her whole series of "The Brides and the Bees", click on the link: http://youtu.be/HvbXfCqjrKs 

Combining oil paint and encausic

I just realized that I have 11 encaustic classes planned.

I am getting close to finishing the videos of the demos and then on to the editing and finally posting the classes.

1. Hot pen drawing over luminous layers

2. Oil stained board and smooth encaustic surface

3. Creative Stenciling

4. Building layers, scraping and carving

5. Collage

6. Incising lines and drawing on rice paper

7. Transfers and shellac burn

8. Combing oil paint and encaustic

9. Creating heavy, rock-like textures

10  Encaustic on paper

11. Sculpting in encasutic

encaustic incised lines, rice paper drawing and more

The fifth online class will cover cutting clean lines, incising lines and adding rice paper with ink drawing to the painting.

Encasutic collage and beyond

The third encaustic class I am preparing is collage. Hopefully you will want to take your collage to the next level, considering balance, contrast and composition.
Here are a couple of examples of what we will be doing.