ENCAUSTIC WORKSHOP

During this workshop, you will explore a variety of mixed media processes within the exciting realm of encaustic. Encaustic paint is an ancient medium composed of beeswax, damar resin and pigments. Worked from a molten state, this versatile paint makes richly colored paintings and is a superb vehicle for mixed media exploration. You will be introduced to the following basics of working with encaustic: using temperature controlled electric griddles as palettes, heating and fusing layers of wax with heat guns, making homemade encaustic medium, preparing painting surfaces, brush application of paint, creating a variety of encaustic surfaces, mark-making with a variety of tools, image transfer, and incorporating collage elements into your design. 

Materials List:

A variety of collage elements and photocopied or laser printed images (NO INKJET) - small, high-contrast images are the easiest to begin with. Some suggestions for collage materials include: papers (scraps are excellent) such as tissue, magazine images, newspaper, old prints/drawings, photographs, lightweight fabrics and thin scrapbooking papers. When selecting collage elements, look for materials that are somewhat permeable. Color, composition, texture, translucency and individual exploration will be emphasized as you transform your collage and image transfer elements into your own piece of art!

The remainder of the art supplies will be provided for you and are included in the cost of the workshop.  Just be sure to bring any special items from home that you have been saving and would like to use in some form of artistic application, such as the above suggested list.

Where: Firstlight Art Academy, Cool Springs

1710 General George Patton Dr
Brentwood, Tennessee  37027
Suite 108

When: Saturday, April 26 and Sunday, April 27, 2025

Time: Saturday, 10-5 and Sunday, 12-4

Cost: $225 Supplies included

***NOTE ***

For returning students of this workshop, I am offering the option to join us for one of the days (your choice) for half price. Saturday is heavy with instruction, while Sunday is mainly a workday. I will be available to offer instruction more readily on Sunday and supplies as needed. Hours on Sunday are 12-5 for returning students.

Oil Painting Class, Fly Forward Studio, Columbia TN

Oil paints are so different from other painting media. There is a rich, velvety quality to them that you can’t get from acrylic paint. I prefer oil because you can move the paint around on the ground a lot longer, since they are slower to dry. In this class, we will start from the beginning, making our own palette and choosing which ground, such as wood or canvas or paper, we prefer to work on. Please come with ideas for paintings and compositions you would like to explore. The class will be open and free to accomodate the pace at which you work.

What: 6 week Oil Painting Studio Class

When: Wednesdays, February 5-March 12, 2025

Where: My home studio in Columbia, TN

Time: Choose from two times: 1-3 or 6:30-8:30

Cost: $235

Upon registration, I will send out a supply list.