Discovering Oil and Cold Wax with Julie Snidle

Modern cold wax is an oil painting medium with a paste-like consistency. It thickens and extends oil paint so that it can be spread onto the substrate like frosting using palette knives, silicone spreaders, brayers, donor papers, etc.

In this workshop, you will become acquainted with R&F’s luscious Pigment Sticks (oil paint in stick form) and explore the many ways paint can be applied to a variety of surfaces without a brush in sight.

We will discuss the importance of authenticity and having differences in our work as we create layers and make marks. Pigment transparency, opacity, drying times and color mixing will also be covered.

You will each receive a tray full of R&F oil paints, an Ampersand 12“x12″ Gessobord, Gamblin OMS (odorless mineral spirits), and Galkyd Lite (Galkyd Lite thins oil colors and increases transparency and gloss) samples to use in class and take home.

Many of Julie’s own mixed media supplies will be provided for you to use during class. Julie will give daily demonstrations, assignments and exercises which lead you to discover your own ways of working.

Students should bring:

a full pad of Arches oil paper (9×12″)

a roll of blue painter’s tape (1″ width) look for orange inside rim (3M) OR if you can't find it, use this: FROGTAPE 280220 Delicate Surface Painter's Tape with PaintBlock.94 inch width, Yellow

palette knife or knives

16 oz. can cold wax medium (Gamblin, for example), also available on Amazon

a 150 ml tube of white oil paint (any brand is fine)

mark making tools for scratching in the painted surface

a Speedball soft rubber brayer/roller Speedball soft rubber brayer (4″)

palette paper or freezer paper

gloves

baby wipes

a roll of paper towels

wax paper or an empty pizza box for transporting work home (suggested)

very thin papers for collage, such as dress pattern tissue, tissue papers, paper napkins, book pages (optional)

an apron, or wear paint clothes

Please bring $25.00 with you to give to Julie at the workshop, for the supplies she will provide.

Note: For anyone who doesn't want to travel with these supplies, I can have them here for you in the studio, for the cost of purchasing and shipping them. Or, you can ship them here yourself. Contact me to discuss options.

Your Instructor

Julie Snidle, an abstract painter and teacher, was born in Minneapolis, MN. With a degree in education, she taught professionally in the classroom and was a corporate training administrator in Dallas, TX before following her passion for art and painting.

Julie is a disciplined self-taught artist who has focused on encaustic since 2004 and is now an Artist/Educator for R&F Handmade Paints. She teaches encaustic and oil/cold wax workshops in her studio and throughout the U.S. Her work appears in numerous galleries across the country. Julie and her husband Will reside in Fairhope, AL.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

2KatStudios, 3251 South Burro Drive, Prescott, United States