Encaustic Basics with R&F Handmade Paints

Learn the basics of Encaustic and take your art in a new direction. Hosted by Gwartzman's Art Supplies.

Encaustic Demo

This demonstration will cover what encaustic is and safe working temperatures; appropriate fusing tools; basic studio ventilation and tips for workspace setup; appropriate encaustic grounds; how to prepare a surface using encaustic gesso and the benefits of Ampersand Encausticbord; suggestions for equipment, including the heat gun; methods and helpful hints for working with encaustic; fusing and surface effects; additional techniques (i.e. collage, stenciling, inlay, accretion, image transfer, and monotype); and clean-up of materials, including brushes and palette.

Materials

• R&F Encaustic Paint
• R&F Encaustic Medium
• R&F Pigment Sticks
• R&F Blending Medium
• Ampersand Encausticbord
• Hake brushes
• R&F palette cups
• R&F heat gun
• Iwatani Torch and butane

Resources

• R&F’s Blog Unique Color
• R&F’s Resources webpage
• R&F’s YouTube channel

Additional helpful information can be found on R&F's website. This is a great resource for tools, a really cool blog called Unique Color, and a YouTube channel where artists can watch demo videos on everything from how to clean a brush using soy wax to techniques such as accretion, inlay, image transfer, working with encaustic and ink, using stencils, and how to do a pour.

Your instructor:

Dietlind Vander Schaaf has exhibited at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, The Fuller Craft Museum, and On Center Gallery, among others, and her work has been featured in Maine Home + Design, Decor Maine, UPPERCASE, and Downeastmagazines. Vander Schaaf is a Core Artist Instructor for R&F Handmade Paints, an Ampersand Ambassador, and the former president of New England Wax. She has taught workshops throughout the United States and internationally in The Netherlands, Ireland, Switzerland, and Greece and received grants from the Maine Arts Commission and International Encaustic Artists, as well as a Tending Space Artist Fellowship from the Hemera Foundation.

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Instagram: @dietlindvanderschaaf