UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

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MORE ABOUT ENCAUSTIC PAINTING, AUGUST 4,5,6,7, 2014

BEYOND BEGINNING: WORKING LARGE,  SEPTEMBER 1-5, 2014

          Koment, encaustic  on paper, 30"x 22"

MORE ABOUT ENCAUSTIC: WORKING LARGER

MORE ABOUT ENCAUSTIC: Working Larger:

August 4-7, 2014

 This workshop is suitable for beginners, as well as more experienced encaustic artists.
For more experienced encaustic painters, this will be an opportunity to work at a larger scale,and

 to enhance your work with a variety of new techniques. Individual instruction and criticism 

will help you move your encaustic painting to a new level.

The workshop will cover all the basics, including information about how to make paint,

about the commercial paints and their applications, about supports, grounds and techniques:

paint application, fusing, glazing, inscribing and mixed media approaches.safety, materials,

demos of applying paint, glazing, fusing, How to get that smooth surface! Learn some

new techniques: Introducing mixed media, working with oil bar, pigment, creating lines

and texture and image transfer. We will emphasize how these techniques can be developed

to create a unique encaustic language for each student. We will talk (and demo) how to

create glaze layers, as well as some special techniques like inscribing and using dry pigment..

and, you will leave with a printout containing all the information you need as well

as a list of suppliers. 

For people with encaustic experience or significant painting experience in other media,

 it will be an opportunity to take your into a new dimension.

Many people stay at a certain level with their encaustic painting because they see working

at a larger scale, or changing their approach, as intimidating. It does present certain challenges,

but when you understand how to overcome them, it can be a richly rewarding experience.

This workshop will allow you to work up to 20" x 20". It will address all aspects of working

 larger, from the planning and drawing stages, through preparation of the surface;

understanding temperature control and how it facilitates working larger, handling

color and glazing, as well as special effects, and finishing.A number of new techniques

will be presented: use of dry pigment and oil paint on incised line, mixed media approaches,

basic color and glaze theory, creating texture and working with photographic and other

BEYOND BEGINNING: WORKING LARGE SEPT 1-5, 2014

Beyond Beginning: Working Large

five days:

September 1-5, 2014

 Five Days: This is my most advanced workshop, and  a unique opportunity for artists who are already working in encaustic to experience the joy of seeing there work on a larger scale, or to attempt any other expansion of their vision which they might like to pursue. We will address the special design and technical considerations involved in working on a larger scale, from sketch to finishing. Participants may work up to 36” x 36” on their own panels, but may choose to stay in the 24"x 24" range.

Each student/artist will do at least one large painting during this week, going from an initial sketch, through considerations about putting on paint at this scale, on controlling temperatures on a larger scale, understanding how to control temperatures and use it to your advantage. We will discuss how and why certain paintings work better large, and others not so well. There will be a presentation of a series of large scale paintings done by a number of artists, as well as tours of the Santa Fe Galleries that show large scale encaustic paintings. We will also discuss finishing the painting, preparing it for shipping and hanging.

The fee includes encaustic medium, and most paints, use of tools and materials, but participants must provide their own panels. Cradled panels and flat plywood panels can be ordered from me, but must be ordered at least three weeks prior to the workshop. You can ship your panels from suppliers directly to the studio, if you prefer. A materials list will be provided, with information about ordering panels, upon registration. You will get a print out of all the material covered, as well as suppliers at the workshop.

For people from out of town, I can help arrange for shipping their paintings home.  Please see the travel page at the top of this page, for info about hotels, etc.  
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ThIS workshop was a really spectacular one, with talented artists from Seattle to NY, and points in between:

 The group at work

 Sue Spector and her paintings

 Painting by Jane Sharninghouse

Unfinished, EK studio

ENCAUSTIC WORKSHOP IN MALAGA SPAIN OCT 8-14, 2014

Join Ellen Koment and Belen Millan for Encaustic and tours in the ancient andalusian City of Malaga. Right on the meditteranean.  www.encausticspain.blogspot.com

Introduction to Encaustic

Introduction to Encaustic

SEE: ALL ABOUT ENCAUSTIC,

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The workshop will be an introduction, if you haven't done encaustic before, or you need a 

refresher on basic techniques

The workshop will cover all the basics, including information about how to make paint, about the commercial paints and their applications, about supports, grounds and techniques: paint application, fusing, glazing, inscribing and mixed media approaches.safety, materials, demos of applying paint, glazing, fusing, How to get that smooth surface! Learn some new techniques: Introducing mixed media, working with oil bar, pigment, creating lines and texture and image transfer. We will emphasize how these techniques can be developed to create a unique encaustic language for each student. We will talk (and demo) how to create glaze layers, as well as some special techniques like inscribing and using dry pigment..and, you will leave with a printout containing all the information you need as well as a list of suppliers.