Personal Art Instruction

Specializing in Encaustic, Mixed Media Collage, and Nature Printing
Customized instruction built around your interests
Focus on tapping into your intuitive creative voice
3 hours of personal instruction and all materials for $325
Bring a friend for $225 - you each save $50
Up to two people can work with me at my private home studio in West Asheville
Or, for groups of 3-8, I'll create a custom class at 310 ART in Asheville's famous River Arts District ($325 for the first person, $225 each additional person)
Cost for additional hours per person varies based on location, topic, and materials (range of $45-$85)
For a full day of instruction (6 hours, beginning at 10am) cost is $475 plus $30 materials for one, or $750 plus $60 materials for two.

Encaustic: Painting with Wax and Heat

Each session is 3 hours long, and includes all materials and a reference handout to take home, for $325. Bring a friend for $225 - you each save $50!

We'll start where you are: if you need basics, we'll cover them. If not, we'll skip straight to the topics that most interest you - refining your fusing technique, getting a smooth surface, making your own medium, collage, image transfer, scraping, building texture, incorporating oil and pastel, or drawing on the surface. Or, bring your work in progress for trouble-shooting.

Each student will get two pre-primed Encausticbord panels to work on along with access to a wide variety of tools and materials. Additional panels will be available for purchase at a nominal cost.

Contact me directly to schedule your session.

What students are saying about learning encaustic painting with Bridget Benton:

"It was easy working with Bridget and I felt successful at the end of the day - yay!"

"I learned so much today with a variety of techniques and materials. Bridget's enthusiasm is so inspiring!"

"It was so wonderful and such a great creative outlet!"

"Bridget was very knowledgeable and made a non-artist feel like an artist!"

"Awesome! Learned so much – great style of teaching."

"Informative and fun. I appreciated Bridget's willingness to adapt her instruction to student interest . . . I liked getting a great array of ideas/techniques for future experimentation and practice."

"Wonderfully amazing. Great with the group and for me as an individual. [It was my] first time with any of the info and had a great time."