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Here is what participants have to say about their R&F Workshop experience.

"We need more companies like R&F in this world." - Eric Carlson

"My entire experience at R&F was incredible!  The staff was friendly and helpful.  I love the laid back but stimulating atmosphere." - Workshop Participant

"The mix with others who wanted to learn and practice was invaluable.  I don't think I will ever take out my heat gun without thinking of your face and the excitement in your eyes when you discuss encaustics." - Idee Schoenheimer

"It was a pleasure and priviledge to see and use your great facility." - Workshop Participant

"I have participated in many workshops and given many workshops and I have nothing but the highest praise for our instructor...your praises are already being sung by me to my artist friends." - Wendy Thornley

"I now feel confident to get to work on my own, versus the frustration I've experienced for a few years because of not using the material correctly.  Thank you so much for offering this course.  It was the best gift I've given myself in years.  I look forward to taking more workshops in the future." - Workshop Participant

"This is best workshop experience of this type I've ever had.  The environment is warm, engaging, creative and the R&F staff are helpful, caring and knowledgeable.  There is an obvious attention (and care) to detail and it extends to everyone." - Workshop Participant

"The information given during the workshop can be overwhelming for non-encaustic painters, yet the instructor has divided the presentations into parts from basic to more complex, making it understandable and doable for beginners." - Workshop Participant

"The hospitality of the R&F family members was incredible.  I felt totally at home during the workshop." - Workshop Participant

"The workshop was the best I've attended, not just at R&F, but also of any classes I've taken with other organizations." - Lorrie Fredette

"This was a life-changing workshop.  I have been teetering on the threshold of great expansion in my work, trying to find a key.  This advanced workshop was it!  I feel really grounded in the knowledge of encaustic technique and ready to move more deeply into my own work.  What a great gift you guys gave all of us!  Your open-hearted, generous approach to making art is so rare.  I have never experienced such a non-competitive, supportive environment in all of the 36 years I have been making and teaching art."  - Workshop Participant

"The instructor was fantastic, very patient and informative, no questions was too stupid." - Rene Levy

"The instructor never tried to impose their own aesthetic onto the students, but rather, encouraged us to explore the medium of encaustic in personal ways.  The instructor was thoroughly enthusiastic about encaustic, interested in our work, and immeasurably helpful in assisting us in achieving our individual goals." - Workshop Participant

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