WINTER AND SPRING SCHEDULE:
Introduction to Encaustic Feb 22, Sat:
More about Encaustic, Going a little Larger
March11,12,13, Tues, Wed, Thurs in Santa Fe
April 10,11, 12, Oklahoma City:
Beyond Beginning, Working Large May 5-9, Mon-Fri:
Encaustic in Malaga, Spain: Oct 8-14, 2014
Private sessions can be arranged
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.
Introduction to Encaustic
February 22, 2014
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 safety, materials, demos of applying paint, glazing, fusing, How to get that smooth surface! Learn some new techniques: Working with oil bar, pigment, creating lines and texture. 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.
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.
Introduction to Encaustic
February 22, 2014
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More About Encaustic: Going a Little Larger
March 11,12,13, 2014
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.
Beyond Beginning: Going Large May 5-9,2014
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.
New studio in old New Mexico
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.
An Encaustic Workshop in Malaga, Spain
OCTOBER 8-14, 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
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