Encountering Encaustics
Encaustics is the most sensual two-dimensional art medium in existence because the results that one can achieve using a process of molten beeswax, colored pigments and resin are like no other. Artwork appears to glow, has both depth and translucency. These richly textured surfaces just begged to be touched!
Fee: $225 for two days
Location: Hot Wax Studio 9:30-4:30
2012 Winter/Spring Dates: February 25-26, March 10-11, May 4-5
Materials Fee: $25 (Includes the use of tools and equipment, four prepared substrates, paint and medium. The class fee includes a light lunch, drinks and snacks throughout the work day.)
These two days of encaustics painting will be held at the Hot Wax Studio just outside of Bulverde,Texas. The workshop includes the following topics : Safe studio practices, tools and materials, painting techniques—including dry brush, wet on wet, wash and glazing, masking out, spattering, staining, layering and scraping. The second day includes Mixed media techniques of transfer, collage, foils, gold leaf, stencils and stamps. There will be demonstrations throughout the day with a lot of personal time to work.
Encaustic Essentials
Fee: $125 for one day
Location: Hot Wax Studio 9:30-4:30
2012 Winter/Spring Dates: February 11, March 16, April 21
Materials Fee: $25 (Includes the use of tools and equipment, sample substrates, three tins of paint and a block of medium to take home. The class fee includes a light lunch, drinks and snacks throughout the work day.)
If the art of encaustics has lured you with its spell of unlimited options, brilliant colors and translucent washes, this workshop is now essential for you as an encaustic artist! In Encounters I and II, we learned the addicting process of painting with molten beeswax. In Encaustic Essentials we will explore encaustic recipes and tools so that you can keep your studio stocked at a fraction of the cost. What you will take home in paint and medium is worth the cost of the class.
Encaustics Essentials is about the basics of your encaustic toolkit: medium, paint and supports. We will first use medium recipes to make a batch of beeswax and damar. While the medium is cooking, you will be experimenting with color mixing properties in encaustics using commercial primaries and tinting colors. Afterwards you will learn to safely make your own paints from oil paint and powdered pigments and to see how these paints respond to different surfaces, including aqua board, clay board, encausticboard and birch panel.
Please note that this is not a technique class. While there will be some time to create paintings, the majority of this class will be used to create and explore the materials of encaustics.
Advanced Encaustic Workshops:
Fee: $125 for one day
Location: Hot Wax Studio 9:30-4:30
2012 Winter/Spring Dates: February 18, March 9, April 22 (Note: a specific workshop will be named as those interested register. For example: if two people want the Photography and Wax workshop of March 9, then that workshop will be held that date. If you are interested in an advanced workshop, contact Michelle with the date you prefer to secure that date for the workshop you want.)
Materials Fee: $25 (Includes the use of tools and equipment, two prepared substrates, paint and medium. The class fee includes a light lunch, drinks and snacks throughout the work day.)
Encaustic and Photography: This workshop is a follow up to the initial class, Encountering Encaustics, which is a pre-requisite. Encaustic for Photographers includes the following topics and painting processes: pouring and dipping, photo tinting and glazing, wet transfer. This class used the wax to enhance your own photographic images printed on a variety of papers and cloth
Encaustic and Sculpture: The workshop is a follow up to the initial class, Encountering Encaustics, which is a pre-requisite. Encaustic for Sculptors includes the following topics and painting processes: carving, assemblage, casting, and using wax on traditional and non-traditional sculptural substrates.
Encaustic and Mixed Media: This workshop is a follow up to the initial class, Encountering Encaustics, which is a pre-requisite. Encaustic and Mixed Media explores a variety of mixed media materials that can be used to enhance the texture of the support (including plaster, wood icing, grout) an enhance the surface (including alcohol inks, foils and tapes, water base inks and colors), and experimental processes (including pigment and shellac burns). New materials and processes are continually added as their effective use with wax is discovered.
Upcoming Intensives
I am currently scheduling for 2012-2013 and will be traveling nationally and internationally. I will post locations when they become available. If you are interested in hosting a workshop in your area or in being notified if there is a workshop coming to your area, contact me by e-mail for more information.
(Register for these intensives directly with the sponsoring organization)
Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX Introduction to Encaustics
Southwest School of Art March 30-April 1, 2012 and June 22-24, 2012
Rockport Center for the Arts, Rockport, TX Introduction to Encaustics
Rockport Center for the Arts March 2-3, 2012
Corina Studio Gallery, Brandford, Conneticut, Wax + Paper Workshop
CorinaStudioGallery@gmail.com April 13-15, 2012
EncaustiCamp, Salem, Oregon Wax + Paper Workshop
http://www.encausticamp.blogspot.com/ July 10-15, 2012
Art Unraveled, Phoenix, AZ Wax + Paper Workshop
Art Unraveled 2012 Aug 1-2, 2012
International Encaustic Conference Wax + Paper Workshop
Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, Texas
Southwest School of Art and Craft September 10-12, 2012
Encountering Encaustics
