UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

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          Koment, encaustic  on paper, 30"x 22"

INTRODUCTION TO ENCAUSTICS and more: Feb 21-22

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.
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MORE ABOUT ENCAUSTIC: WORKING LARGER May 11-14

MORE ABOUT ENCAUSTIC: Working Larger 
Four days, May 11-14 

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 linesand 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 tocreate 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 wellas a list of suppliers. 

For people with encaustic experience or significant painting experience in other media,it will be an opportunity to take your work 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 techniqueswill 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 approaches.

  EXPLORING NEW MEXICO AND ENCAUSTIC PAINTING:

 June 23, 24, 25

Since so many of my students come from afar,some for the first time, or with little knowledge of New Mexico beyond Santa Fe, that I thought it would be a wonderful experience for you to have the opportunity to see some of our deep and amazing heritage while you are here..both Native American as well as Hispanic. To that end, I am teaming up with Robbie O'Neill of Cultural Treasures to provide you with three days of exceptional experiences. 

We will meet at the studio for the first day, introduce you to Encaustic if you are new to it, make some paintings, spend the next day exploring, and then the third day incorporating our experiences into our art. Special tour offering for Wednesday, June 24, 2015 – Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo Feast Day and Dance. This is the Pueblo’s annual Geronimo Dance which is magical, colorful and enchanting.  A wonderful cultural experience and one not to be missed.  The tour includes visiting the Pueblo, lunch at El Rancho de Chimayo, an iconic restaurant loved by locals and tourists alike, a visit to El Santuario de Chimayo and a hammered tin demonstration by 6^th generation Chimayo artist, Sharon Candelario.

The workshop will be suitable for those new to Encaustic, as well as those with more Encaustic Painting experience. We will cover all the basics, as well some new techniques..with an emphasis on what is involved in translating your ideas and impressions into your paintings.

BEYOND BEGINNING: WORKING LARGE Five Days, July 6-10

Beyond Beginning: Working Large

Five Days, July 6-10, 2015

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 MASTER CLASS, Four Days, August 10-13

ENCAUSTIC MASTER CLASS

This workshop is suitable for artists with some experience, whether in encaustic or other media, ready to think about the possibility of exhibiting their work, or who already are, but want to increase their exposure. Or those who simply want to further develop a body of work with that direction in mind.  Previous encaustic experience is not required.

The four day workshop will combine the expertise of a mature artist both with hands on demos and ample time for students to work, as well as portfolio reviews for individual participants, and advice related to professional development. I will share techniques and work one on one with each student either in creative coaching, a professional development session or a portfolio review. It is open to artists at all levels. 

For more experienced encaustic painters, this will be an opportunity to enhance your work with a variety of new techniques, and to begin to develop of a consistent series of paintings.  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 linesand 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 tocreate 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 wellas a list of suppliers. 

For people with encaustic experience or significant painting experience in other media,it will be an opportunity to take your work into a new dimension.

Many people stay at a certain level with their encaustic painting because they see workingat 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 15"x15". It will address all aspects of approaching a painting, from the planning and drawing stages, through preparation of the surface;understanding temperature control and how it facilitates your work, handling color and glazing, as well as special effects, and finishing. A number of new techniqueswill 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 approaches.

ENCAUSTIC WORKSHOPS IN MALAGA SPAIN

WATCH FOR New Dates, coming soon!

A great trip and wonderful experience for ten artists from around the world, for the instructors, and for those who came as guests. We painted every day, ate fabulous Spanish lunches together. and toured the museums, cathedrals and highlights of Malaga.

Belen Millan is now teaching workshops in her Malaga studio for European students  Belen Millan Encaustics

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