R&F Handmade Paints

The dust is just now beginning to settle in our workshop studio from Kim Bernard’s Visiting Artist Workshop here at R&F last week.  Kim presented ‘Beyond 3-D; Into the Third Dimension’ to a group of lucky artists who spent three days working intensively on mixed media sculptural and relief works using wax, clay & plaster, among other materials.  We had to do a lot of cleaning afterward but the results were well worth the effort.

Other Visiting Artist Workshops this year include:

Breaking the Rules: Mixed Media with Russell Thurston / July 29 - 31
Monotype and Beyond with Paula Roland / December 1-4

There will be two encaustic demonstrations happening on Saturday May 30th:

Mary Black "Seeds"

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Gina Adams / encaustic on panel

There will be an encaustic demonstration at Jerry’s Artarama in Austin, Texas on Tuesday May 19th from 2 to 4pm.

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R&F is pleased to announce the launch of our new website. Over the last few months, you may have noticed our new logo, new blog posts, and new literature. Our website brings all of these features under one roof along with a new and improved online forum and store.

SHOPPING CART

Our user friendly online store is your one-stop shop for everything Encaustic and Pigment Stick related. Our colors page is a fun way to explore our richly pigmented waxes and oil sticks. We now have brushes and oil paint tools and we will be adding products based on what our customers have requested.

WORKSHOPS

You can now search our workshop schedule based on location of the class, the subject, the instructor, or the date. You will not be able to stop clicking once you start. Explore the diverse range of workshops we teach both here in our Kingston location and regionally through the U.S.

RESOURCE CENTER

This is a brand new section of our site, designed with our customers in mind.

Encaustic and Pigment Stick Resource Center

• Get technical information and instruction on these techniques.

Workshop Resource Center

• Find out specific information about each workshop we offer or get details on a class you are already signed up for.

Artist Resource Center

• Learn what R&F has to offer artists and find information about artists working in Encaustics and Oil Sticks.

Exhibitions

• Discover the many ways in which artists are using Encaustic and Pigment Sticks. Check out the current exhibition in our gallery or the R&F Artist of the Month. Find out what is happening with Encaustic Works, our biennial juried exhibition.

PREVIOUS R&F SITE USERS
If you are a previous user on our site, please click here to read our article on registering. You will be able to keep the same user name and password that you used on our forum and it will now work for the shopping cart and the rest of the site.

EXPLORE
So take a look around the new site. To get all the benefits of our site and community make sure you Create an Account with us. Explore all the Informational Resources, the Exhibitions and the Blog news and remember to share your own information in the Forum. When you are ready to try some Pigment Sticks or Encaustic Paint don’t forget to check out all of R&F’s Products. Stop back often, as the site grows and changes, you wouldn’t want to miss anything.
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Joanne Mattera is well known for having authored the popular book: The Art of Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expressions in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented Wax. She also keeps an informative blog that addresses many of the issues contemporary artists face today. In her ongoing series, “Marketing Mondays” she deals with the business (career) side of being an artist. Her blog caught my attention this Monday when she chose to write about pie. Of course, the pie she is referring to represents an artist’s time. If you find yourself juggling multiple tasks and have been wishing you had more time in the studio, it will be worth checking out - you may get some valuable tips on how to slice your pie more effectively while also coming to terms with the slices you have to give away.