UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

WINTER AND SPRING SCHEDULE:  

Private sessions can be arranged. 

December 7-8, introduction to Encaustic

January 11-12:  Paper: Pouring and Marking

March 8, Introduction to Encaustic

March10,11,12:  More about Encaustic, Going a little Larger

May 5-9: Beyond Beginning, Working Large

Take the opportunity to visit beautiful Santa Fe, see the spectacular skies, mountains, and over 200 galleries, many of which show encaustic work, while you are able to learn, or learn more about, Wax Encaustic Painting with Ellen Koment.

New studio in old New Mexico

Join us in the land of enchantment for an eye opening artistic experience, filled with inspiration and creative camaraderie. Let the fantastic luminosity of the New Mexican light bathe you and your art during Ellen’s insightful and rewarding workshops.

Immerse yourself in the artistic process -- it will focus, and accelerate the creative experience.Discover and expand your artistic vision in an atmosphere that is encouraging and filled with the new techniques and insights that will allow you to realize your goals.

A short drive from the Mecca of art and creativity: Santa Fe, NM and close to the historic town of Madrid, NM.

Join us and get in touch with your true artistic self.

                We can arrange rides from your Santa Fe hotel to the studio, if necessary.or suggest nearby B&B's.

Introduction to Encaustic  
Dec 7-8,2013   March 8,2014

This introduction will cover all the basics, including how to make paint, apply paint, fuse, and finish. You will learn about surfaces, preparing surfaces and a great variety of new techniques, use of dry pigment, photo transfer, pouring, and much more. THis workshop will give you a solid foundation on which to begin your exploration of Encaustic Painting.

new: Paper: Pouring and Marking 

Jan 11-12, 2013

pouring demo

Juxtapose IV, wax,pigment, paper

Paper is an exciting surface to work on, allowing flexibility and ease in some ways that panels don't. We have had so much fun and success with it during longer workshops, that I have decided to devote a day just to it. We will pour onto paper, brush onto paper, use wax as a resist for dry pigment, add oil bars, paint, even watercolor. Let your imagination take you to new places.

More About Encaustic: Going a Little Larger 

March 11,12,13, 2014

Designed for encaustic artists with some experience, this three day workshop will allow you to work from a small panel to an intermediate size (up to 20"). We will cover, or review, all the basics, as well as discussing when it is appropriate,and important, to take your work both to a larger size, and to a more conceptually considered state. The why of what you do, as well as the how to. A variety of new techniques will be demonstrated, including mark making, use of dry pigment, and pouring. Beginners with some experience in other media can take this class.

       

Beyond Beginning: Going Large  May 5-9,2014

Open to Intermediate and More Advanced encaustic painters, this workshop will enable you to work on larger scale..up to 36" in any dimension, or put together a series of paintings to creat a large diptych, triptych..or more. We will discuss the conceptual basis for working larger, what is to be learned, how to approach it, and the things, both technical and aesthetic, that need to be considered

An Encaustic Workshop in Malaga, Spain OCTOBER 5-12, 2014 Visit and work in this beautiful Southern Spanish city, with 3000 years of history, the birthplace of Picasso. We will spend five days both exploring the area, and then interpreting our impressions  into encaustic paintings! Coordinated by Belen Millan, an encaustic artist who lives and works in her native Spain half the year, and the rest of the year in NY. Workshop with Ellen Koment  click here for more info

More About Encaustic Painting: Going a Little Larger

More About Encaustic: Going a Little Larger   

March 10,11,12 in Santa Fe

April 11,12, 13 in OK City

  

Pouring Demo at workshop

    

 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

mixed media. This workshop will be held near downtown Santa Fe.

Introduction to Encaustic

Introduction to Encaustic

Jan 7-8, Mar 8

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.

BEYOND BEGINNING: GOING LARGE!

Beyond Beginning: Going Large

May 5-9,2014

 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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The last 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