Open Studio gives you a peek into my everyday life, work, process, and progress as an artist. I’m a painter living in a foggy, coastal town in central California, living and loving life. I paint in beeswax, acrylics, and mixed media collage. Visit my website to see more of my work…
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I really love your work Lisa! Alyson is also a mentor for me and I agree at how amazing she is! I am just starting to work with encaustic and paper and resin. Quite excited about it.
Take care and happy painting!!
Warm regards.
Mary Scrimgeour
Mary, love your work too. I’m putting a link to your site in my sidebar…
L.
A quick note to tell you how much I’ve enjoyed your work, reading through your blog, viewing photos of your studio, especially seeing how you work through your processes. Thanks for taking time to write and share!
thanks- comments like this help motivate me to keep on keeping on with the blog. I really like your work, by the way, and will be adding you to my sidebar. Esp. the roomba drawings. Wonderful.
I am going to be taking my first encaustic art class this weekend and am so excited. Your work was what inspired me. It’s breath taking! I was wondering how you incorporate your little tiny white dots and the black dotted outlines. It would be so much fun if I could use your technique to draw a picture of my kids using this idea. thanks Mark….
I’m glad my work was such an inspiration, Mark. There really isn’t much mystery to how I make my tiny marks, and once you take a class It’ll be obvious to you, really. I make them with tiny tools and lot’s of patience! I use an awl for the dots, filling them with pigment, and the for the white I use a very small brush. Have fun taking your class- encaustic is a unique process, and it will continue to teach you for a long time…Best, Lisa
Taking my first lesson in encaustic next week so have been searching the internet for help…your site is a great…saw the pic of you cat and would swear it was ours…sounds like the same personality too…we got him at the shelter the spring of 2008 and think he is 50/50 Siamese and tabby…he’s about the same age as yours also…looking forward to my journey into encaustic…Jim
Hello
I would like to take classes in encaustic painting and have yoga as part of the process – any recommendations??
That sounds wonderful, but I don’t know of anyone that offers that particular combination. It wouldn’t be too hard to find a workshop in your area, and find yoga classes nearby. Good luck!
I’m so very glad that I found your site. I recently began using encaustic and I have often returned to your site not only for tips but for inspiration. Your work is wonderful! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Best
Caitlin Boyce
You are welcome, Caitlyn; thanks so much for commenting! I’m glad my little blog is helpful…
Just found your work, then your blog, love it all. I am in Canada but would love to se it in person at a show some day. You don’t seem to have posted much lately, you still doing this, if so more more!!