Resources & Downloadables
At R&F, we value education. That’s why we’ve spent so much time this past year putting together helpful blog posts, hosting virtual demos, filming YouTube demo videos, and creating content-driven and informative newsletters delivered to your inbox twice a week.
Our website is an excellent tool as well - and you might not be aware of all the things you can access there. On our website you can find a teacher or a workshop in your area, download our Color Chart or Basic Encaustic Manual, as well as access information on health and safety, and so much more. Below are a few highlights.
STORE FINDER
Under the More tab on our website you will find a Store Finder that can help you locate a retailer in your area who carries our products.
UNIQUE COLOR
Just below our Store Finder is Unique Color - R&F’s blog. The blog is such a rich source of information. Blogs posts range from our “From The Collection” series that highlights works in our permanent collection and introduces you to contemporaries in the field, to articles on working with our color line and tools, and so much more. Once or twice a week we send out a link to our most recent blog post. If you aren’t receiving these, consider subscribing to our e-newsletter. It’s so easy. Just sign up for our mailing list and we’ll take care of the rest.
RESOURCES
In addition to the blog, you will find a Resources page under the More tab. There you can download an R&F Color Chart (super helpful for identifying that favorite new color that no longer has a label on it), a Basic Encaustic Manual, or a Color Lines brochure. You will also find a link to hop on over to our YouTube channel where we have a bunch of useful demo videos.
On this same page is our Teaching Artist List - a pdf with hyperlinks to teachers organized by state. It even includes a few international instructors. (If you know someone who should be added to this list, let us know! We update it regularly.)
Further down on the Resources page you will find downloadable articles on “Combining Oil and Wax,” “Blooming and Bleaching of Wax,” “The History of Encaustic,” “Ventilating Your Studio,” “Myths And Realities About Encaustic Gesso,” “What Does Encaustic Gesso Adhere To Best,” “Caring For And Shipping Encaustic,” and “Fat Over Lean.” You’ll also find an Oil and Wax Ratios Chart and our Temperature Chart.
ARTICLES & LINKS
Below the Resources page is Articles & Links. This page acts as an index to our blog. It’s organized into sections to make it easier for you to find the specific post you are looking for. On Articles & Links you will find a section devoted exclusively to encaustic, one for Pigment Sticks®, another for Color & Tools, an area with shortcuts to all our YouTube demo videos and their accompanying blog posts (loads of helpful tips and tricks here as well as step by step instructions), and finally a section on Featured Artists and another on posts highlighting works from R&F’s Permanent Collection.
We hope you find our website to be your go to source for helpful information and ideas. If there is something you are looking for that you can’t find, let us know. We’d love to hear from you.
Keep painting.
