Mixed Bag Workshop: Encaustic Wax Sampler

In this 2 day workshop, participants will enjoy a creative process of designing a mixed media work of art incorporating collage and mark-making in a variety of media, with an encaustic wax finish for a unique and captivating result.

Please note this workshop is 2 Days: Saturdays, May 31st and June 7th from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Day 1 – Building the Design

We will work with collage materials, pens, high-contrast photocopies, and

other mixed media materials to create a foundation for our encaustic overlay. This must

dry thoroughly before beginning the waxing process.

Day 2- Exploring Encaustic Techniques and Finalizing the Mixed Media project

We will start by creating a small encaustic sampler to explore the

possibilities and expectations of painting with hot wax medium. Once this is done, we

will apply what we have learned to the mixed media process previously started on Day 1.

Making an Encaustic Sampler

Encaustic wax is a painting formula handed down from the ancient cultures of Egypt

and Greece. It is made by mixing beeswax with tree resin and, when cured, can endure

for centuries just as well as oil paint or tempera.

Encaustic Sampler Objectives:

We make a sampler to give you the opportunity to explore the medium and to learn its

awesome properties as well as its limitations before you use it in a project.

On your small piece of Encaustibord, you will explore the intrinsic nature of working with

encaustic wax and mixing it with other techniques such as drawing, painting and

collage.

We will incorporate the following techniques into your sampler:

1. Drawing with Sharpie pen

2. Drawing with charcoal or dry pastel or oil pastel

3. Drawing with pencil / ink

4. Collaging tissue paper

5. Collaging a line of text or photo (no slick magazine paper)

6. Stamping into the wax and/or forcing oil color into the incised lines

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