09/02 Introduction To Encaustic Collage
Welcome to the wonderful world of hot wax painting! Encaustic painting is one of the oldest forms of painting, in this class you will learn the fundamentals of the encaustic studio with a modern twist incorporating encaustic skins, found objects and ephemera.
Description
Welcome to the wonderful world of hot wax painting! Encaustic painting is one of the oldest forms of painting, in this class you will learn the fundamentals of the encaustic studio with a modern twist incorporating encaustic skins, found objects and ephemera. We will create encaustic “skins” to use as collage elements, incorporate found objects and ephemera to create unique and beautiful art pieces
Weekly class breakdown:
Week 1
Fundamentals of the encaustic studio /safety
Week 2
Board prep and project planning
Week 3
Creating encaustic collage elements on silicon baking sheets / cutting out elements / shellac work
Week 4
Studio work day
Week 5
Putting it all together, troubleshooting, and critique
Continuing students will work on refining skills from the first session, focusing on composition and color.
About the Instructor
I intend to express my observations, interactions, and interpretation of the living world around me. I mean to capture the simple, honest, and elegant moments when I feel profoundly connected to people, plants and animals and the meaningful interactions and shifts of daily life. It is my joy to share.
The fluid and unstable nature of the encaustic media offers unique freedoms to explore layering, depth, line, and color all while preparing for a pull off print. This invites an energetic, physical, and immediate focus which can be dynamically expressed on rice papers. This expressive process is inherently exploratory and offers me endless possibilities to express the fundamental truths I search for.
Supply List
All materials will be provided.
Students should expect to provide: encaustic paints beyond what we can provide, background colors if they want to experiment with watercolors, or pastels. Bring in stencils that they want. Their own Hake brushes if they want to make their own colors. Cradled boards beyond what we provide for the class if they want to create other works. Students should dress in clothing appropriate to painting, or wear an apron. Gloves are recommended, but not provided. Ventilation at PAL is good, and we don’t heat our wax to dangerous levels, but if students are concerned they should provide their own PPE masks.