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Basic Chalk Ground
Okay, yes, you’re right. I should have started with this recipe first. Basic chalk ground is the easiest and most flexible gesso in the entire history of artist-kind. In fact, if you Google “homemade...
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I’m Writing an Encaustic Book
Well, folks, I decided to write a book about encaustic materials. An ebook for Kindle or iPad or… well, I’m really not sure yet. Something electronic and self-published. I’m calling it “The Encaustic...
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Encaustic Medium Recipe
As part of the Encaustic Materials Handbook ebook project. I rewrote my basic encaustic medium recipe. Yes, that’s right. It IS the same recipe that appears in every encaustic book, and on practically...
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New Laura Ross Paul paintings
I don’t know how to reblog a Facebook page, but I wanted to share images of new work by Oregon artist Laura Ross Paul. Here’s what she says on her FB page: “The technique is oil and wax over...
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Secret Language
I’m reading a wonderful book called the Riddle of the Labyrinth by Margalit Fox. It’s a detective story of sorts, about the people who deciphered the written language of ancient Crete, called Linear B....
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There and Back Again
Hello! Yes, friends, I’m back from the Reno Recovery Unit at Bellevue Oregon. This is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. When last we spoke, I had petrified albino...
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Caprice
For Christmas this year (no doubt as part of his therapy), The Theory made me a little book of pictures entitled Caprice. The images are from our kitchen renovation and show details of old wallpaper,...
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Since I’ve been gone
The snow shown in my last post (February 7th)? That’s long gone! So many un-wonderful things have happened since that peaceful snowy day that I haven’t had the heart to post anything. Where should I...
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The Rest of the Story
When we last spoke (regrettably, almost a year ago), my studio needed a new roof and our bee hive had died. So let’s catch up. The roof was replaced, but not without further adventures in dry rot, wet...
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Encaustic Materials and Methods by Francis Pratt and Becca Fizell
Cover of Encaustic Materials and Methods: A facsimile edition. Encaustic Materials and Methods is finally here! Long-time followers of this blog may remember that I’ve been talking about bringing the...
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