Imagine a week-long journey in the heart of Mexico. Immerse yourself in an exploration of color, values, and light, combining Zen painting and encaustic painting. We will blend modern encaustic techniques with the hues, values, inks, and inspiration drawn from the nature, architecture, vibrant culture, and picturesque landscape of San Miguel de Allende!

Join this 7 day artist retreat with Kelly Milukas and Gabriela Sanchez co-teaching and creating alongside you in this unique experience. Small by design and limited to 12 participants.

Travel & Leisure just named San Miguel de Allende ~ Top Global City of 2024!

MORE INFO HERE

 Do you want an authentic Italian experience in Tuscany? Join me as we travel to this magical land with its rolling landscapes and picturesque views, where you can be inspired to explore your Encaustic Art for the Soul. Here, in this place, your journey awaits you!

Explore principles and practice imagery development and learn to create a series of works while finding your voice. You will engage in various methods and techniques including photo encaustic, printmaking, incising, mixed media, image transfers, imbedding, and mark-making.

An ideal retreat for beginners and seasoned artists alike – the Tuscan countryside will inspire you as we explore encaustic in Tuscany. You will leave full of inspiration, new artistic skills, and a lifetime of memories!

• Beautiful Tuscan countryside villa with private room and bath
• Personal chef, with most meals included
• A Day trip to Florence to visit the David!
• More Day trips to places like Sienna and Montalcino with time for art at the villa.
• Workshop instruction
• Photo shoots
• Imagery development
• Dedicated studio and open studio time
• Mentoring and group discussions

https://www.shelleyjean.com/italian-encaustic-journey/

This Encaustic Art Retreat in New Mexico is a DREAM come true – a home away from home. Join me as we travel to this magical land with its rolling landscapes and picturesque views, where you can be inspired to pursue your Encaustic Art for the Soul. Here, in this place, your journey awaits you!

Explore principles and practice imagery development and learn to create a series of works while finding your voice. You will engage in various methods and techniques including photo encaustic, printmaking, incising, mixed media, image transfers, imbedding, and mark-making.

An ideal retreat for beginners and seasoned artists alike – the New Mexico countryside will inspire you as we dive deep into encaustic on Georgia O'keefe's Ghost Ranch. You will leave full of inspiration, with new artistic skills, and a lifetime of memories!

• Guided tour of the places Georgia painted and see her private residence
• Private or shared cabin with en suite bath that has views for days
• All meals at Ghost Ranch included
• Workshop instruction with most supplies included
• Photo shoots
• Imagery development
• Dedicated studio and open studio time
• Mentoring and group discussions

Click here to find out more and to register https://www.shelleyjean.com/ghost-ranch-retreat/

3-day Encaustic Retreat, All Levels Welcome
Whidbey Island, Washington
Friday - Sunday, July 11 – 13, 2025
Pacific Northwest Art School

Creating with encaustic is a dream come true for painters who also enjoy adding dimension and texture to their work. The beeswax-based paint comes in luscious colors that you can use to easily add depth and texture to your paintings.

Encaustic is one of the most forgiving mediums available, allowing you to "undo" virtually anything, giving you the freedom to be fearless and let your creativity flow. No painting or drawing experience is necessary for this class; just an adventurous spirit! 

We’ll combine several mediums within layers of richly colored wax paint, including watercolor, professional artist crayons, fabric, fiber, and oil/pigment sticks to build up depth and texture.

>> Register here. All supplies included except panels.

Don't worry if you haven't tried anything like this before. I'll have lots of tools and materials available for you to play with, and you can work in any style you choose. 

6 Day Encaustic Retreat with Kelly Milukas & Dietlind Vander Schaaf

This 6 day artist retreat will deepen your practice through an exploration of art making, design thinking, collage, upcycling, art and devotion, joy and mindfulness. In this immersive retreat, in the hidden coastal-farm communities of Tiverton and Little Compton, Rhode Island, Kelly Milukas and Dietlind Vander Schaaf will guide you building both a unique encaustic shrine and a dimensional totem. A special encaustic focus on dimensional surface treatments; collage, gilding, casting and embedding objects in wax; image transfer; creating texture; color mixing; mark making; layering; and working with other compatible painting and drawing mediums, we will explore the way art can honor happenings of the past, mark change/transition, ignite transformation, and serve as an extension of mindfulness practice.

The retreat includes 1:1 time with 2 R&F Core Instructors, a live sound bath, daily yoga sessions, enjoyment of the meditation garden; a heated salt water pool; and delicious healthy meals. Sunday kicks off with an opening celebration, studio breakfasts daily, 5 gourmet lunches, snacks & coffees, teas, beverages, and 2 group dinners.  *See the vast amount of curated materials included below.*

Experience: Participants need a basic understanding of encaustic, including application and be comfortable fusing wax paint with a torch. 

CLICK INFO LINK HERE:

E: kellymilukas@gmail.com

Online through Winslow Art Center
Tuesdays, June 17-July 1, 2025
All levels welcome

Photographers seem especially drawn to working with wax because of the variety of ways their images can be reborn in a new medium. Working with encaustic expands the traditional methods of hand coloring photographs, also allowing you to easily add texture.

Combining encaustic with photography offers mixed media artists a truly revelatory experience, showcasing its incredible versatility. Whether you’re new to the medium or have some experience, this quick-start class requires no prior knowledge, and we’ll use some supplies you may already have in your studio.

Working with encaustic expands the traditional methods of hand coloring photographs, allowing you to add rich texture and depth. The look you achieve depends on how you choose combine colorful encaustic paint, drawing materials, pigment sticks, and pastels. I’ll walk you through these techniques using two different projects, sharing how I layer materials and bring my own images to life.

The best part? The process is very forgiving. Changes can be made easily as you work, with your original photograph protected by our first layers of wax. I often work with photos taken on my iPhone, so no fancy camera gear is needed. And if you’d like to follow along step-by-step, I’ll share the same images I’ll use in the demos for you to download. Join me with an open mind, ready to experiment and explore new creative possibilities.

>> Register here! You'll also get access to free demo and studio setup videos prior to class.

UNLOCKING CREATIVE POTENTIAL THROUGH OIL AND COLDWAX with Leslie Miller March 6-9 2025

Cold wax painting is different. She is a romantic medium. In developed work she dances well with acrylic, collage, oil, pastel, and sculpture. She can be many things to many partners. She is about losing and finding, revealing and building up, she is about creating history, distance, obfuscation and also clarity.

Embark on a journey of artistic exploration into the realms of creativity and self-expression through an exploration of CWM. Leslie Miller is a kind and talented instructor, ready to help you find your own path into CWM. Through engaging exercises with Leslie the individual spark within each artist will be ignited!

By carefully examining the core elements of art, participants will embark on a transformative artistic journey, producing a series of 6 to 8 paintings that carry their own voice and expression. This workshop will also hone in on the unique qualities and techniques employed in Leslies wonderful oil and cold wax paintings, providing practical knowledge and a platform for artists to expand their creative horizons.

Students Will:

Learn multiple techniques and processes specific to oil and cold wax medium that you have not seen before

Explore & Experiment – try everything!

Get out of our comfort zone – let loose and play, use non-dominant hand etc.

Feel comfortable creating a cohesive series of work (6-8 pieces with a consistent feeling.

Have FUN and feel ENERGIZED about your art in a group of like minded students in one of the MOST creative cities around!

March 6-9, 2025

@ MUSES Santa Fe / 1189 Parkway Dr. #G2 Santa Fe NM 87507

Workshop Info:

• Cost $675

• Lodging, transportation and meals not included

• All skill levels welcome

• Max 12 students

• This workshop has a minimum enrollment requirement. Please purchase travel insurance if planning on making immutable travel arrangements.

ISLAND ART ASSOCIATION

2-Day Intensive Encaustic Workshop 

Participants will learn about encaustic history, safety, surfaces, and fusing. In this comprehensive 2-day workshop we will be exploring a variety of techniques such as incising, layering, pigment sticks, mark-making, mixed media collage, mono-printing, and incorporating photos. Designed for beginners and advanced, we will work together to focus on taking your encaustic creativities to a new level!

DATES & TIMES:

Saturday February 22nd - 10am - 4pm
Sunday February 23rd - 10am - 4pm

LOCATION:

Island Art Association
18 N 2nd St.
Fernandina Beach, FL 32034

For more information and to register click the link below: 

https://www.shelleyjean.com/workshops/

The Enso Circle is an international online artist residency where artists in residence connect and collaborate from their studios worldwide, sharing their creative journeys and supporting each other across borders.

After five years of planning, Lyn Belisle and Michelle Belto created the Enso Circle. Engaging and acclaimed from its first term, we are opening our tenth term for new Residents in 2025. We look forward to welcoming you!

We invite interested artists to our website to view the final exhibition catalogs, read what our past residents have said, and get more information about what we offer in this three-month artist residency. 

Applications close on February 24. Orientation begins the first week of March, and the term ends in early June. 

The Enso Circle Artist Residency 

Pattern is an underlying structure that organizes surfaces or structures in a consistent, regular manner.

Description: This workshop offers the opportunity to explore in detail patterns, rhythm and symmetry. It can help our personal narratives, emotional responses and the creative art making processes. Pattern is a combination of elements that are repeated, symmetry in art is when the elements of a painting balance each other out and rhythm involves using intervals or spaces between elements to give the user an impression of flow or movement.

Cost $495.00 Tax  and materials included

On the first day we will cover the equipment, tools, materials, safety, color sticks application and paper lifting techniques and the advantages of masking, plus the monotype finishes.

The second day is all about patterns, rhythm and symmetry and how we as artist can use or arrange these elements in a painting to create harmony and unity which is this workshop’s objective.

For class registration email request to jorgeluisbernal@gmail.com

Workshop Registration: Class size maximum of three (3) people