'Sentinels' Work in progress Old wax straws & needlework thread embedded

Encaustic Wax Painting Workshop
One Day $140 - All tools, equipment
lunch provided & tea/coffee    

Come and have fun and try a class in this amazing medium


Exploring, experimenting and finding out what exactly encaustic wax painting is and what you can do with this medium.


Involves:


Introduction to materials, grounds and preparation
Mediums, pigments and paints
Layering, fusing, embedding, collage, rubbing and blending


Various tools and techniques will be demonstrated, explored to allow you to produce at least three experimental works by end of workshop.


Two Day workshop


Same as day one, but then allows the time to further explore, create and express yourself with further development, refining of skills or simply more time to experiment
Encaustic has so many possibilities.


End of workshop will see you have several experimental pieces and at least one finished A4 piece

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Exploring

Stamping into warm wax. Rubbing pigments onto embossed designs. Oil pigments 'moved' with heat gun in previous layers

Experimenting

The beauty of building up layers in beeswax. Embedding ephemeral treasures

Fusing