News — Exploring Encaustic with Bethany

Exploring Encaustic: Mixed Media on Wood Panel In this fun class you will learn the basics of hot plate safety, studio set up, laying down and fusing wax layers with a heat gun. We will explore using mixed media techniques with your encaustic paintings using transfers, Pan Pastels, oil sticks, and other embellishments.All supplies are included and there is ample time for creative exploration.Where: Leir House Penticton, 220 Manor Park Avenue, Penticton - downstairs art roomWhen: Saturday, May 23rd 11am to 3:30pmCost: $84 (includes all supplies, equipment rental + GST) Please bring a lunch. Maximum 8 students Special treats for...

Exploring Encaustic: Collage with the Iron Please join me for this fun workshop where you will learn the basics of working with the encaustic iron while painting on different papers and learning how to collage using the iron. We will cover safety, set up, and will work with different papers to expand the creative exploration and create lovely collages. All supplies are included and there is ample time for creative exploration.Where: Leir House Penticton, 220 Manor Park Avenue, Penticton - downstairs art roomWhen: Saturday, April 18th, 11am to 3:30pmCost: $73.50 (includes all supplies, equipment rental + GST) Please bring a...

My lovely friend & mentor Linda Robertson's new ebook "Embracing Encaustic" is now available online and I am in it!!!So excited and grateful. It is amazing company to be keeping.This new edition is in two parts. I am in part one. Part two will be coming out in a few months. Both are awesome and chock full of information, techniques and artist spotlights. Linda's teaching style is easily accessible and very friendly.Thank you for including me Linda Robertson <3 http://www.amazon.ca/Embracing-Encaustic-Learning-Paint-Beeswax-ebook/dp/B00T6OPFMY/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1423267960&sr=8-2&keywords=Embracing+Encaustic UPDATE: In my excitement yesterday about Linda Robertson Arts launching her book and me being in it, I forgot to...

***SPECIAL NOTICE***            As our parent company is currently in the process of changing manufacturers for the painting iron, all production on the current line has stopped. This means that there will be a gap in stock shipment for the painting iron & the Get Started Kits. The new stock for the iron & Get Started Kits will not be ready for shipping until mid to late February 2015. All orders for the encaustic painting iron or Get Started Kit placed between this date and January 31, 2015 will receive a free Large Art Set at no extra cost to...

“Like a lot of realist painters, I started teaching as a way to stabilize my income. I was amazed to discover that it would be one of the most meaningful experiences of my life. Somehow everything I had learned in my life found a place in the studio classroom. In addition, teaching forced me to objectify my thoughts and make them comprehensible to my students. But the greatest reward by far was getting to know that special kind of person, the art student. Their hunger to learn, and commitment to what Henri called the art spirit, has been a never-ending...