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Between today and December 31st 1 in 5 orders will get an extra special surprise! All orders get 2 wax samples (Gold & Crimson) www.encaustic.ca   (No coupon code needed)

Bonus samples in the month of December! Every order in December will get one crimson and one gold wax block as a thank you for choosing Exploring Encaustic for your holiday shopping. Plus 1 in every 10 orders will get an extra surprise gift! There is still time to order before the holidays. We ship Expedited through Canada Post. Most items will arrive within 2-7 business days depending on where you live from BC. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions about holiday ordering. Here are some examples of super cute  holiday cards made in my last class. ...

  I had an interesting conversation with someone last night at the duel Tumbleweed Gallery & Saint-Germain Café & Gallery art show openings about artists and the sale of paintings. I was very excited as many of my fellow artists were getting red dots which equals sales of their paintings. A person who I had struck up a conversation with asked me why that was so important. "Why do artists who show in galleries need to sell their work? Don't they all just do it because they love it? Is the main purpose of painting for the art to be sold?"...

***Please place orders before December 11th to ensure delivery before Christmas.*** All orders will get a tracking number once shipped so that you can track your package.  I ship Expedited Post so most packages will arrive between 2-7 business days from shipping depending on where you live from BC.* *If you need an item shipped faster or wrapped, please email me before order and I can wrap for you or add Xpresspost or Priority post. Gift wrapping is free. There will be a fee for faster postage depending on the package size.

Embracing Encaustic: Wax Transfers with Linda Robertson In my final post about my trip to Portland we are back in Linda’s studio. I was lucky to have taken classes from Linda before, both in person and online, and she is a pleasure to learn from. If it is in person, everything you need is there in her studio and if it is online she is just an email away for questions. Linda describes the class, “Transferring images and drawings onto wax gives a crisp magical look or a beautifully rustic effect depending on a few simple choices. I'll also show...