Welcome To a world of creativity and inspiration...

Have you seen the beautiful textures and effects of encaustic wax painting?

But a little unsure of how it's all done...?!

Would you like somebody to GUIDE you through the basics, help you understand materials, equipment, health and safety, QUICKLY and EASILY...?!

This is exactly where this course can help...!

Easy enough for complete beginners, yet also challenging enough for experienced artists looking for a new medium...

Discover a world of Hot Wax..! 🎨🐝✨💕

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO:

🎨 Learn the foundational skills of encaustic painting... add, grow, and evolve your art practice, at the perfect pace for you... as your inspiration and intuition guides you.

🎨 Not be overwhelmed with the belief that it's all too complicated.

🎨 Understand the difference between all the different wax types, high heat and low heat and where and when you should use them.

🎨 Create art you love... Even if you think you can't draw a straight line...?!!

🎨 Unlock your creativity and get into flow, with this soul touching medium.

🎨 Understand some common sense health and safety aspects you need to know.

Explore A Medium That Expands And Evolves As You Do...!🎨🐝✨💕

🎨 Build upon your skills and add new tools and materials at your own pace.

🎨 Layer, build and develop your encaustic paintings, and expand your wax painting practices.

🎨 Immerse yourself entirely, relishing the hot molten wax, with its swirling colours, and respond to its shapes and patterns as your heart guides.

🎨 Find inspiration for new art projects.

🎨 Have a safe space to share your results, ask questions, and find inspiration and community with other encaustic artists.

🎨 Feel inspired and excited about creating again as you take on this amazing medium!

Encaustic is such a healing art form, it's beauty and mystery will take you on a creative adventure unlike any other art medium.

The magic that takes place whilst heating wax... the smell... the texture... the pigments as they settle... you'll find yourself absolutely entranced... the outside world will be forgotten as you loose yourself entirely in the process.

A Medium for the Senses....

colour...

texture...

smell...

Hot, molten beeswax...

Brings an endless supply of inspiring, creative possibilities... as many as any artist could wish for..!

This course is about making art. With Wax. Imperfectly.

It's about scratching our creative itch.

There are no right or wrongs. Just immersing yourself in the pure joy of creativity.

Where time stands still. Five minutes feels like five hours.

Ideas and inspiration will simply flow.

In case you who don't know me... I'm Julie... (hello!)

I'm a self taught artist and smartphone photographer, now back in my homeland in North Cornwall in the UK... (I was in Hertfordshire before, so you might have seen me there!)

After being taught that art was just a hobby, and something only to be done in your spare time (IF you had any spare time!!) I found my way back to my art in 2011...

Before re-discovering my creativity, frankly, I was frazzled.

A long story short, I discovered encaustic, and it changed my life!

I now help people experience encaustic for themselves.... which is a truly healing art form.

I've seen it's therapeutic benefits time and time again, so I'm now on a mission to share it with as many people as I can...

I had so many people say "I wish you were closer..." So, that's how my online courses were born..!

So far... people from the UK, Europe, America and Australia have joined...

it's wonderful to be able to share and help other people experience encaustic for themselves, with the help of the internet!

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The Art & Magic of Encaustic is not simplistic a step by step guide

to a finished wax image...

It's a smorgasboard of techniques, leaving you with a whole tool box of methods of applications, which you can dip into again and again, leaving you with limitless ideas and inspiration...

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WE WILL:

🎨 Discover exciting, deliciously tactile, and intuitive way of painting, with endless

possibilities.

🎨 Choose from equipment and materials that speak to you most...heat gun... iron... stylus... hotplate... and ways to use them... (avoiding mistake buys!)

🎨 Use many of the art materials you already own...

🎨 Build and grow your art practice over time, as you are called, and as your budget allows...

🎨 Explore ways to incorporate every day items you have around your home.

🎨 Have a space for you to ask questions and get feedback.

🎨 Enjoy being a part of a community of likeminded artists... (who know what encaustic is!!)

PHOTOS OF A FEW OF THE THINGS WE'LL COVER INSIDE...

COME AND JOIN US IN 'ARTY HEAVEN'...

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WITH OVER 50+ VIDEOS AND RESOURCES... 👇

HERE'S HOW THE COURSE WORKS:

The Art & Magic is divided into different areas to ensure you find the content you want quickly... With over 50+ videos and resources... You will want a bit of structure!

So whether it's setting up, fusing, or ways to colour your waxes... you'll always find videos to inspire.

All of the resources overlap and compliment each other, so simply trust your intuition, and follow the images and topics that appeal to you most, the rest will evolve from there!

WHAT'S INSIDE...

COVERING THE BASICS:

We start with the foundations, getting a great understanding of this magical medium.

Videos & PDF's designed to help you work out what equipment you will need, helping to avoid mistake buys... (of which I made many in my early days!!)

The videos build on each other to create a solid understanding of things to consider whilst you're working, depending on the scale you wish to work at.

Don't be tempted to skip this part, as it also includes helpful tips to ensure you're working safely....

This section will help you make the best equipment and material choices based on the art you want to create.

ESSENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY:

We kick this section off with a bit of good old common sense!! Some people say encaustic is a scary medium, it's really not!

BUT, there are some things you will want to be mindful of when painting with these hot tools...

This section covers all the H&S things you need to consider, from ventilation, powdered pigments, trailing cables, and a whole lot more...

HOW TO BUILD YOUR ENCAUSTIC PAINTINGS:

Yay... Time to fire the heat up, and put it all into practice!

This section shows you how to pull all you've learnt so far together, and how to begin creating your first encaustic pieces.

There are approximately two hours of videos in this section.... BUT we've done enough research by now... we want you creating...!

I recommend watching the first three videos... THEN... Start applying plain medium yourself, to get the feel of the material. Practice getting smooth and textured surfaces...

It's only when you start... that your experience will begin.

NEXT watch video four, as an overview of ways to colour...

From there, choose the videos as you are drawn to, depending on the materials you've gathered so far and the methods that appeal the most...

Follow your intuition...!

PHOTOS & VIDEOS TO INSPIRE:

I find it helps to watch and learn from other projects, and get some ideas to try. This section includes around 25 minutes of videos....

Watch me create my pieces, and view close up photos of finished images for added ideas.

We cover a variety of techniques, including using natural elements, embedding old letters and revealing hidden layers.

EXTRA HINTS, TIPS & RESOURCES:

Although not essential aspects of encaustic wax painting, this sections covers some very handy things to know...

A selection of videos and resources, including how to clean your equipment, buffing, curing and blooming...

Where to find additional resources, and videos recorded after my Binnie Birstein Scholarship trip to the Encaustic Conference in America in 2022, which includes a round up with lots of tips, tools and findings from the conference and and my two day workshop with R&F founder Richard Frumes.

HERE'S A VIDEO, TO SEE INSIDE THE COURSE...

I get as much joy from seeing you create, as I do creating my own work.

Sharing these techniques & encouraging others just makes me happy...!

So join our COMMUNITY of limitless WAXY INSPIRATION...!

Incase You're Still Undecided...

I've Included Some Bonuses Too...!

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BONUS ONE:

Access to The Art & Magic of Encaustic Lower Heat Online Course... for even more ways to paint with wax...

Discover painting with an iron, stylus and hotplate on paper... When and how to start mixing techniques and waxes... Although many of the techniques are demonstrated on paper, they can equally be applied to the higher heat layered style of wax painting too...

There are also has some great troubleshooting tips, especially for the stylus if you haven't been getting on with it...!

Another world of waxy projects for you to enjoy!

BONUS TWO:

Course Members Group, Q&A's and 3 x Monthly Masterclasses...

A space for inspiration, questions and encouragement...

Encaustic artists are a rare breed... Surrounding yourself in a group who actually know what it is, is priceless...!!

We'll share behind the scenes, how to's of encaustic art, ask any questions, I will share my latest works, and you are encouraged to share yours.

There will be...

🎨 THREE x Monthly Masterclasses in September, October & November

🎨 INCLUDING Additional Q&A Sessions....

🎨 September's Project is Encaustic Sculptural Soul Bowls...

🎨 October's Project is Gifts and Cards...

(get ahead for Christmas, but suitable any time of the year!)

🎨 November's Project will be as voted for by the course members... Have your say...!

ENJOY...

🎨 Lifetime access to The Art & Magic of Encaustic AND the Three Monthly Masterclasses...

🎨 There will be an option to continue on in the community if you enjoy our little corner of the interweb...!

🎨 Monthly Masterclasses all refer back to core content within The Art & Magic...

🎨 Meaning you will be cementing your skills... Not forever playing catch up...!

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BONUS THREE:

Half price Zoom sessions - if you want specific guidance and feedback on a 1-1 basis...

In my early encaustic days, I craved the opportunity to speak with somebody who could help and guide me, specific to my queries...

The content within this course should give you more than enough to have you creating prolifically, but should you want further tailored advice, or just to speak with somebody in person about your next steps... these half price sessions will do just that!