Encaustics at the Vernon Art Centre

Encaustics at the Vernon Art Centre

On 14 and 21 November I will be teaching an encaustic workshop at the Vernon Community Arts Centre. Over the 2 weeks you’ll explore various encaustic materials and techniques. By the end, you’ll create 2 to 4 finished pieces ready to display, and you’ll discover that...
Encaustic adventures (II)

Encaustic adventures (II)

In February I did the course “From 2D to 3D- Transforming Materials with Encaustic & Alchemy” at atelier Zijdelings in Tilburg. I learned a lot of new techniques from the trainer, Janice Yntema. Before the course I had spent about 3 months discovering...
Course update: painting progress

Course update: painting progress

I have always been interested in realistic painting and to get back into it I decided to do a course in Haarlem at the Dutch Atelier of Realistic Art. We are copying a painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) and here is my progress after 11 lessons. It...