Gouache

By rsamiljan | February 13, 2026 |

Full disclosure – I do not use gouache paints often! However, I absolutely love working with the opaqueness of the medium and love how forgiving it is. When I moved to Wisconsin the local art center asked if I would be able to teach beginner gouache workshops. I told them I had many years of…

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Teacher as Student

By rsamiljan | January 21, 2018 |
Watermelon and papaya on a table.

This winter I decided to take an oil painting class with Nina Weiss at the Evanston Art Center. Oil paints are a medium I have avoided for my entire adult creative life! The reason I want to learn now is to be able to incorporate them with the encaustic medium. I also hope to combine…

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