Instructor: Megan MacDonald
Monday - Wednesday
June 1 - 3
10am - 4pm
3 sessions

The drawn line is the structure upon which a painting is built A simple line can say so much. A line can be bold, expressive, graphic, or delicate, the list is long. There is however nothing more beautiful or unique than the hand drawn line, as a hand drawn line expresses ones individual style.

This workshop explores ways to stay loose when creating lines, drawing and ways of marking in encaustic. Discusses the importance of the drawn line and ways that one can utilize it to give new depth and focus to their work. Through mark making, I will show various methods of drawing in, under and on the wax surface. Show and discuss ways to continuously pull lines, visually up through the surface of the encaustic painting, while exploring a variety of arts media to make marks and draw. Thus coming away with a better understanding of what media to use and when experimenting with techniques to bring finer detail in to ones encaustic painting We will work with encaustic and and non conventional surfaces such as cardboard, canvas and papers. Explore drawing in our sketch books and look at ways to translate drawings and marks into paintings

Megan MacDonald (she/her) is a multi disciplinarian visual artist with a focus on encaustic and Core Artist Instructor for R&F Handmade Paints. Megan is drawn to natural and organic forms, the energy of hand-drawn lines, and the alchemy that occurs with the convergence of natural elements. She gravitated to encaustics due to its beautiful depth and luminosity, as well as, the myriad of possibilities the medium offers. Although she continues to explore a variety of mediums in her art practice, her focus is primarily centred on encaustic. Through formal education, Megan studied fine art at Emily Carr University and resumed her studies through Emily Carr’s Continuing Education programs and was apart of the in-depth colour study program under Tom Hudson. Additionally, she has taken part in the Golden Acrylics training program and has been a guest instructor for a wide variety of groups and institutions. Megan has been instructing and mentoring for over 20 years, owned and operated an artisan gallery and studio space for over 10 years, served on the board of the Delta Arts Council, co founded a non profit group artists group and has curated and juried numerous art shows. She has been an instructor and presenter for both the International Encaustic Artists conference and workshop leader at the International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown, Massachusetts. In September 2025, She will be a presenter and workshop leader at the inaugural Canadian Encaustic Conference in Owen Sound, Ontario Canada. An award-winning artist whose work has been in juried exhibitions both nationally and internationally. Her work can be found in numerous private collections around the globe. Megan continues to create and instruct out of her studio, The Crow’s Nest Art Studio is now located on Vancouver Island, in Maple Bay, just outside of Duncan, British Columbia, Canada.