Two day Wabi-Sabi Encaustic Texture & Embedding Workshop - Nov 23 24

Saturday Nov 23 from 11 am - 2pm students will be creating the underpainting using joint compound, grout, Powertex (fabric hardener) We will embed heavy papers, cardboard, fabrics, nails, buttons, shells, sticks and stones.

Sunday Nov 24 from 10 :30am - 4:30 pm students will be applying encaustic medium!! We will be sculpting and experiencing the tactile and alluring feel encaustic is so well known for, we will be adding texture, incisions, patina's, pattern, gold leaf, transfer foil, feathers and R&F pigment sticks into our encaustic painting. In addition to learning how to create a textural surface you will learn how to achieve the coveted ultra-smooth surface, also known as the holy grail!

I will be demonstrating the shellac burn and help you incorporate this into your piece if you so desire!

Cost of this two-day workshop

14x14 gallery wood panel and sample board $335 plus tax

You will play explore and dive deep into the world of discovery using encaustic wax as your medium. This is a beginning journey into three dimensional encaustic forms! We are taking encaustic off the flat panel surface and diving in to exploring its dimensional possibilities! In this workshop you will learn a liberating process of:

- Texturing

- Layering

- Building up and scraping back

- You will explore mark-making techniques

- Wax applications

- Incising and inlaying

- Explore color and create depth through use of pigmented wax, pigment sticks and glazing techniques

- You will incorporate thread, tissue papers, metallic and gold leaf

Participants will go home with one original painting. All materials are included but you are encouraged to bring ephemera, and other materials you may want to incorporate into your piece.

One 14x14 gallery wood panel, powertex universal medium, stone art clay, joint compound, easy 3D flex, encaustic medium, R&F oil sticks, pan pastels, iridescent powders, India ink, alcohol inks, specialty papers, string, threads, chalk paint, gold leaf, bronze leaf, sand, stencils, mark making tools, heat guns, all brushes, pallet knife and a chance to go through Amanda's treasure box and add unique finds to your piece!

Please do not bring extra panels

What Is Encaustic?

Encaustic is a Greek word meaning “to heat or burn in” Heat is used throughout the process, from melting the natural beeswax and dammar resin (crystallized tree sap). The medium can be used alone for its transparency or adhesive qualities or used pigmented. Pigments may be added to the medium. The medium is melted and applied with a brush or any tool the artist wishes to create from. Each layer is then reheated to fuse it to the previous layer

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

La FAB sur Mill, 8 Chemin Mill, Chelsea, Canada