R&F Handmade Paints

To keep your edges clean and crisp, we recommend preparing your panel edges with tape. While it's not a requirement there are some notable benefits to taping your support prior to painting.

Our fourth virtual summer demo is coming up! Join R&F Core Instructor Leslie Giuliani for Printmaking with Encausticflex on Wednesday, June 30 at 1:30 pm Central Time (CT). Leslie will cover a variety of encaustic and Pigment Stick printmaking techniques that don’t involve a press, including pulling monotypes, as well as working with silicone sheets, gelatin plates, cut foam stamps, cardboard, and Dura-Lar stencils. Encausticflex is a super absorbent microfiber paper that c...an hold a lot of paint without building surface texture. Learn how to layer and build until something meaningful sparks. Registration is not required. To attend the demo, visit our Virtual Demo page where you will find the Zoom link. https://www.rfpaints.com/virtual-demos

This week we'd like to share a helpful technique for working with our R&F Blending Medium with Drier. In addition to aiding with blending and glazing, our Blending Medium with Drier can be used as your initial painting layer to encourage a quicker and more even drying time of oil paintings - including R&F Pigment Sticks.

Our free virtual demo with R&F Core Instructor Jeff Hirst on working large is happening today! 1:30 - 2:30pm Central Time. To join the demo, visit https://www.rfpaints.com/virtual-demos and click on the Zoom link. See you there!

Join R&F Core Instructor Jeff Hirst on Tuesday, June 22 from 1:30 to 2:30pm Central Time (CT) for the next in R&F's Summer Virtual Demo Series. Jeff will demonstrate ways to work large with encaustic paint. He will explore playing warm and cool colors against one another and scaling up your tools when approaching a large painting. Learn more about R&F's line of opaque, transparent, and semi-transparent encaustic paints. All levels welcome. There will be time for a Q&A. Pre-registration is not required. To attend, visit our Virtual Demos page where you will find the Zoom link. https://www.rfpaints.com/virtual-demos