This is what it looks like when we are enjoying an encaustic workshop in my studio and on location in colleges and universities. There are so many avenues to explore and so many ideas that are generated during the course of a one day or two day workshop. The next workshop is scheduled for June 14 & 15, 2014.

1. +
Working Artists in the Studio
Helen DeRamus Studio

2. +
Small works made with care

3. +
Using the heat gun to fuse

4. +
Collaboration at Brenau University

5. +
First time torch user

6. +
Mixing color on the palette

7. +
Scraping the surface

8. +
Photographs and encaustic

9. +
So many ideas

10. +
One of the favorite torches

11. +
Concentration

12. +
And we have fun too!

13. +
Using an iron to flatten

14. +
One more monotype

15. +
A French painter’s beautiful work

16. +
No many colors not enough time

17. +
So many works completed

18. +
An impressionist paints with
encaustic

19. +
Adding details

20. +
Monotypes on the HOTBOX

21. +
The art of the smooth surface

22. +
Collage elements added