I’ve known Doug Beasley for a long time. I’ve taken his workshops. I’ve stayed at his cabin. I’ve walked many laps around Como Lake with him and we’ve shared many meals together. He’s an amazing photographer, educator, and thoughtful soul. This blog post of his stands out in my mind. So with his permission, I’ve… Read More »The Danger of Critiques
For those of you who know my work, I use an enormous amount white encaustic paint. And occasionally I’m in a pinch and run out of the commercial white encaustic paint. Commercial encaustic paints are made from beeswax, damar, and pigment (usually a pigment powder or dispersion pigment which is formulated to be light on… Read More »Making Your Own Photo Encaustic Paints
Meet Deborah Williams. One day when Deborah and I were emailing back and forth she nonchalantly mentioned that she grinded her own pigments. My reaction…..wait, you do what? She had my attention, and fascination. Since this is so far out of my realm, I asked her to talk about her process. +++++ I love the… Read More »Grinding Your Own Pigments
How do you find your style? Finding your style is an elusive topic, and one that inevitably comes up in my classes. Students often ask as a variation of the question, “does your style find you or do you find the style based on what you do best?” We must first learn and master the… Read More »Find Your Unique Style
Time flies……. Where oh where does the time go? At the end of July my lease was up in my Minneapolis studio so I piled 1/2 of it in my garage for storage and the remaining 1/2 into my car and headed for the great American West. At the beginning of August I landed in… Read More »Time Flies