Learn the ancient art of encaustic painting! Encaustic is the use of beeswax and damar resin melted together and combined with dry pigments to create a unique painting medium. This paint is applied hot/molten and manipulated with a direct heat source. It makes for a lovely layered image into which objects and photographs can be added. If you've seen a Jasper Johns painting then you've seen an encaustic painting!
This class will cover a brief history of encaustic, supplies and where to buy them, setting up, basic encaustic painting including fusing, embedding objects, and creating texture, as well as cleaning up, and caring for your paintings. Participants will complete 1-2 small paintings. No painting experience necessary. Open to ages 15 and up.
$70 includes all supplies; feel free to bring along objects to incorporate (dried natural objects, paper, and photographs on plain paper work well)
Instructor: Jamie Ribisi-Braley, Manchester, ME
Jamie is passionate about creating art and about sharing her techniques and knowledge. She loves to learn how the old masters created their supplies and how they used them. Jamie believes that once you have the foundations of a medium, you’ll know how to make it work for your voice.
Jamie is co-owner of Sweetland Retreat and received her BFA in Painting from Boston University. http://jamieribisi.com
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Intro to Encaustic Workshop!
Intro to Encaustic Painting - Saturday June 20th, 10am - 2pm
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3 comments:
Your intro class sounds wonderful! I wish I could come take it.
I've done some work with encaustic and loved it, but did it all by trial and error. I like it so much better when I start out having some idea of what I'm doing.
Hope it goes well! :)
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I will be coming up with the title after I complete the painting, and will look at the suggestions I have had so far.
Just took the July installment of this class and highly recommend it. Jamie is friendly, knowledgeable and has created a beautiful, intimate art-making space. Sign up for a class today!
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