| Elisabeth van Uden was born on the 14th December 1938 in Eindhoven, Netherlands.
She is the mother to 4 children and a grandmother too. For 12 years Elisabeth
was a Rudolf Steiner School teacher, also helping in the administration
of the school. This type of schooling is very conducive to development of
the artistic nature within us all, especially as children.
The handbook "Encaustic Art - The basic techniques of Modern Wax Painting"
which had been written by Michael Bossom in English, was translated by
Elisabeth into German. Her expert knowledge made this task possible.
In 1996 Elisabeth van Uden established an Encaustic Academy for Europe.
She has also worked at a private academy with techniques of oil painting,
wet in wet watercolour and airbrush . In 1999 she wrote a series of
articles for "Palet & tekenstift" about encaustic art.
In 2005 Elisabeth made a DVD program to help tesch others the basis of
hot air and hotplate work. Entitled "Encaustic Art - From Hobby to
Art"
Elisabeth
speaks fluent Dutch and German and can understand and communicate pretty
well in English too. Her courses are excellent.
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