I received two new books this afternoon – the perfect cheer-up from the bout of flu that hit this morning – arg. Both of them make me want to head to the studio right away, but that will have to wait till tomorrow. Here’s the first one:

Titled Wax and Paper Workshop, it’s filled with encaustic and papermaking techniques that are fascinating and inspirational. Michelle is a friend of my former studio partner, Carol Mylar, and we will get to see her in action at a workshop later this month. I highly recommend this brand-new book – it’s not a “crafty” kind of how-to but instead takes the traditional encaustic method to fine arts heights in one and two dimensions.

The second book is Digital Image Transfer: Creating Art with Your Photography. I can see already that there are some techniques we’ll be trying in my Image Transfer workshop on October 28th.