Koment Encaustic Workshops: Santa Fe and Las Vegas, New Mexico

To Register for WORKSHOPS Contact Ellen Koment by email And you will receive a registration form, a PayPal invoice (or you can pay by check), and all the info you need about the venue, where to stay and most importantly, about the content of the workshop! Ellen Koment is the recipient of the LaVendeeme award for excellence in  encaustic education, as well as the 2018 Gottlieb Foundation artist grant..she has been exhibiting for many years, the last twenty primarily in encaustic wax. See more of her work at www.ellenkomentart.com   You can't find a more knowledgeable teacher! We hope you'll join us!

 WORKING LARGE  and EVEN LARGER  This workshop will be an opportunity  to enhance your work with a variety of new techniques, as well as taking it to a new scale. Individual instruction and criticism  will help you move your encaustic painting to a new level.  MOSTLY, IT IS ABOUT MAKING THE PAINTINGS YOU WANT TO MAKE, at a larger scale! register with PayPal on the left or   email   ellenkoment@gmail.com  Ellen 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. A dyptich is a way to go larger... Two parts, one painting The  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 professi

“It is not enough to place colors, however beautiful, one beside the other; colors must also react on one another. Otherwise, you have cacophony”.           “When I put a green, it it not grass. When I put a blue, it is not the sky.”                                                                                      Henri Matisse                      Koment, from the cover of EncausticWorks12 At the heart of working with encaustic wax, for me, is COLOR, the wonderful range of glazing possibilities. Using transparent layers of various colors to create new colors, understanding how to achieve beautiful affects with a full palette of color, whether it is soft or vibrant. Color is our most magic tool for conveying an emotional state. For me, it is at the essence of what I do as an artist. I think in color first. Whether you do or not, it is an important part of your process to learn and understand.   Color Layers on 24" panels.. We will talk about mixing our colors ,

INTRODUCTION TO ENCAUSTIC  is a one day workshop suitable for artists new to encaustic as well as those with  experience who want to hone their skills, solve their problems, create a new direction, get advice,or learn some new techniques.  The workshop will cover all the basics, but will be specific to the questions in the group. It may include 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, fusing, How to get that smooth surface!  glazing with encaustic: getting a smooth surface! Heat control, it's the main thing! working with dry pigment, pan pastels creating several kinds of 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) about  inscribing and

BEYOND the traditional:  WAX and WATERCOLOR A day of exploration! Use this beautiful luminous watercolor medium, and use encaustic wax, with a variety of additional materials to create exciting abstract paintings. Move away from the traditional watercolor or encaustic paintings into an entirely new realm. Use watercolor: With wax as a resist, creating numerous layers for exciting affects This is an entirely new idea. How to mix wax and watercolor, mostly on paper, to expand and explore the outer reaches of each medium. Some exciting effects can be achieved. With inks to enhance and intensify. Inks have an intensity that lend an additional element, and are also sometimes a saving grace With image transfer, and mixed media. Incorporate photographic imagery, and collage materials for unusual affects Create your own abstract language, starting from familiar images, and taking it into the unknown. Explore the language of form and color, and their expressive possibili