R&F Pigment Sticks with Dietlind Vander Schaaf
About This Experience
Join Dietlind Vander Schaaf for an oil Pigment Stick demonstration to learn about and witness the unique properties of R&F Pigment Sticks. The event will cover various topics, including how R&F Pigment Sticks enable artists to explore both traditional and alternative methods of oil painting, allowing for direct drawing or painting on a surface with immediacy and fluidity.
Participants will learn about important health and safety information related to their use, suitable supports and tools, and the differences between transparent and opaque pigment sticks. It will also highlight the value of R&F's Pigment Stick sets and explore colour mixing from a limited palette.
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About Your Host
Dietlind Vander Schaaf holds an MFA from the University of San Francisco and an MA from the University of Southern Maine. Her work has been described as “the transformation of disparate objects into elegantly simple compositions of pattern and grace” (Artscope). Vander Schaaf has exhibited at the Cape Cod Museum of Art and the Fuller Craft Museum, among others, and has been featured in Maine Home + Design, Decor Maine, UPPERCASE, and Downeast magazines.
Vander Schaaf is a Core Instructor for R&F Handmade Paints, an Ampersand Ambassador, and the former president of New England Wax. She has received grants from the Maine Arts Commission and the Hemera Foundation. An annual presenter at the International Encaustic Conference, she has taught workshops throughout the country, including Haystack, Arrowmont, Castle Hill, Snow Farm, Penland, Wild Rice, Maine College of Art, R&F, and internationally.
Website: dietlindvanderschaaf.com
Instagram: @dietlindvanderschaaf
