Second Day

 This workshop was a breeze for me. Everyone was a professional painter and they took off with the technique and made individual, beautiful paintings. And they all want to come back for another workshop soon.

Three of these artist never touched encaustic before. Can you guess which ones?

workshop.

July workshop

This was the first day of my 55th workshop! I am so blessed to meet such great people, many of whom become lasting friends. Two of the women are from Mexico City. It was a chance to practice my Spanish. I have a long way to go before I can explain the encaustic process in Spanish.

More tomorrow.

June workshop

Hannah

Marsha

Carolyn

There were just three people in this introductory workshop, since two canceled at the last minutes, but it did give everyone the chance to go in their own direction and explore the magic of encaustics. We started earlier since the days continue to be quite warm.

June workshop

everyone has their own work station and all materials are supplied

I am hoping the weather will be cooler in June. I am changing the dates for later in the month and will keep my fingers crossed that the rains will start.

two new videos

I finally gave up trying to clean up the background noise in these videos...so these are just as taken in the studio.

advanced class video

Here is the video of the participants in an advanced technique class. I am always impressed and inspired by the talented artists who create original, unique painting in the workshop.

last workshop until June

Jacqueline Segovia

I was concerned about the afternoon heat in the studio, so I asked all the participants to arrive an hour earlier - 9 instead of 10. They all did. It cooled down considerably today, the second day, because of a wind/dust "storm" last night that had me without electricity for a while. It was worth it to have a beautiful day today and no one had to break out in a sweat.

Jeannie

Chris and Larry

Phyllis

Jeannie

Chris

Chris at work

This group of five people was a dream to work with. Everyone quickly got the feel of the encaustic and the torch and created their own vision.