Irises in June are a lovely sight. The National Collection of Bliss Irises – Arthur Bliss Irises : www.blissiris.co.uk – were on the list of places to go and see. Camera to hand and a lot of clicks later some great shots. But what do you do with them or with any nice photo that you like.…
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Spring is coming here in the UK and colourful flowers inspire the urge to paint and capture that brightness after all the dull winter days. These examples below are all done by colouring-over with the stylus. A photo image was printed out onto regular copy paper, then glued onto a more rigid card board –…
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A quick video clip from the Exploring Ideas title DVD of 2005 that shows a nice effective way to utilise old sponge rollers on the hotplate and create interesting results..
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A hotplate allows the card or other suitable substrate to be heated from underneath. Touch that card or surface with some hard wax colour and it melts into possibilities that are only limited by your imagination. Many things could be found, but the question becomes an individual one, a journey into your own imagination and…
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Time for another video, this time on using a more advanced technique to create a beautiful and protective wax coating using solvent paste. The image was a colouring-over printed photo taken back in the autumn of 2016. It was a lovely autumn in Wales with warm weather much of the time and that led to better…
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January 13th was out first day of Hochanda TV in 2017. An early start at 8am and then another hour at 2pm. We covered a lot of basic beginners approaches and showed a few other things to stimulate and encourage those already active in encaustic art. Both programs are available to watch online for…
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Our very best wishes to you all for a Happy Christmas and a Wonderful New Year. Thanks you all for your interest and time spent looking into or creating with the encaustic arts. We continue to be inspired by what so many of you are doing with this fascinating medium. Well done and thank you again.…
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Autumn update & Special Offers galore! Welcome to this newsletter which we hope will bring you some updates and also some opportunity to get a few bargains along the way. Firstly, thanks for taking a moment to see what news we have for you about encaustic art. For a start, there is an evolution…
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What’s coming up? Well, Michael & Shona will look at the basics of encaustic art, especially for those just beginning or becoming interested in getting started. These involve easy playful abstract cards and simple landscape image. But of course, there is so much more that this versatile wax and heat process can do …
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