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| Encaustic Circle Newsletter - January 2012 |
Dear ,
here's to new beginnings! A fresh new year lies before us, like a blank journal page, waiting to be decorated. Don't you think it sounds great: twenty twelve...just rolls of the tongue, doesn't it?
I'm sure you've all full inboxes these days, so I'll make this first newsletter of the new year a short one...;-)) |
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Creative End spurt
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The week before Christmas got me into a creative frenzy! First I decided to make some small gift bags, to put little presents in like chocolates, soap, roasted nuts etc. Splitcoast Stampers had a lovely design, which I used with double-sided designer papers. You will find the instructions here. (not sure if you might have to sign up for the site, but it is certainly worth the trouble!)
Then I had a vision at night of my Zentangle drawings, combined with the crow images and couldn't wait to try that out. I used 3x4x1.5 cradled wood panels, which were primed with encaustic gesso. The Zentangle drawings were glued on and coated with several layers of medium. The next step was adding the birds, partly transfer, partly painted with wax.
I really liked how they came out and sold all three as soon as I had posted them on Facebook!
As the three small crow paintings sold so fast, I made another three, this time 6x6x1.5. The middle one has already found a good home! The other ones are available from my fine art site. Just click the image.
  
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Upcoming Workshops/Circles
| Following is a listing of circles and workshops for the first half of 2012. Please follow the links to read more about the content of the workshops and email me if you want to sign up for any of these.
Circle meeting
Date: Friday, March 16, 2012 Time: 10 AM - 3 PM Place: Leir House Penticton
Costs: $10.00 Workshop Landscapes
Date: Sat. March 31, 2012 Time: 10 AM - 4 PM Place: Leir House Penticton
Costs: $80.00
Workshop Hotplate Techniques
Dates: May 4, 5 and 6, 2012 Time: 9 AM - noon Place: Kenyon House, Okanagan Falls
Costs: $120.00 (with the option of free painting on Fr/Sat @ $20.00/day)
Circle meeting
Date: Saturday, May 26, 2012 Time: 10 AM - 3 PM Place: Leir House Penticton
Costs: $10.00
Ongoing:
At my studio I will continue to offer basic classes on painting with the painting iron, encaustic collages or making your own medium. These can be booked to fit your own schedule. More info here.
Online classes: If you're unable to attend workshops in person online lessons are a great way to learn too.
My dear friend Linda Womack, internationally recognized artist, author and art instructor from Portland, OR, is offering a line of classes through wonderful videos. Check out her workshop website here.
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Artful Inspiration
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...and it's FREE!
Encaustic Arts Magazine is published online semiannually by The Encaustic Art Institute. The first and only international magazine about encaustic, it features the most important news about the medium, interviews with "hot" artists, information on techniques, tools, materials and exhibitions.
Encaustic Arts Online Magazine promises to expand your knowledge and appreciation. Explore how the wax medium is being used both traditionally and innovatively by artists around the world. View beautiful full-color photos of works by prominent artists. Read in-depth articles about the artists and their techniques.
You can access the magazine by clicking the image and following the instructions on the Encaustic Art Institute site.
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20 Things About Bees
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Some fun facts about our bzzzing friends!
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That's it for this month.
One more thing: two of my paintings, Collateral Damage and Hills & Trees 5, were on display in the juried exhibition "Small, Smaller, Smallest" in Vancouver and came back last week.
They are now available again from my studio.
 | | Thea Haubrich, Hills & Trees 5, 8x8 |
Happy painting!
Thea Haubrich
TwinLakes Encaustic Art Ltd.
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