Encaustic & Mixed Media - a little bit of everything

09/12/2024 - 10/03/2024 9:30 AM - 1:30 PM

Level: Entry Level / Foundation, Beginner, Intermediate

Price

$296

Member Price

$251.6

Material Fee: 40

Room: A-02

200 Grant St Denver

1. basic safety
2. materials discussion
3. the basics of encaustic monotype printmaking
4. the basics of encaustic painting
5. substrates and mounting techniques
6. including mixed media with encaustic

A workshop introducing encaustic materials, tools, safety, and techniques for developing encaustic and mixed media works
The workshop will cover:
• basic encaustic safety
basics and not-so-basics of creating encaustic monotypes on a hotbox
• discussion of how monotypes can be used as starting points for encaustic paintings, mixed media works or collages.
• Ways to use the hotbox effectively
• tools, techniques and approaches
• additive and subtractive ways of working
• experimentation with different types of paper to see the different results that can be achieved
• exploration of translucency & layers of color
• results achieved with variation of temperature, wax, paper, pigment load
• composition
• different ways to display monotypes, mounting materials and techniques.
• basics of materials and substrates
• discussion of how monotypes can be used as starting points for encaustic paintings, mixed media works or collages.
• tools, techniques and approaches
• additive and subtractive ways of working
• exploration of translucency & layers of color
• different ways to incorporate other mediums and collage into encaustic works for developing encaustic monotypes

The workshop will explore encaustic monotypes, combining the the directness and immediacy of the monotype with the richness and luminosity of encaustic painting while also having the opportunity to add other materials and mediums. Manipulating pigmented wax on a heated surface, participants will begin the creative process with one-of-a-kind prints by ‘pulling’ their created image directly from the heated plate. Monotypes lend themselves to spontaneous mark making.

Kelly Austin-Rolo

required for first class
gloves
isopropyl alcohol
paper towels or paper shop towels
various lightweight papers
optional
silicone art or kitchen tools for mark making
encaustic paint
encaustic medium
natural bristle hake brushes or chip brushes

Kelly Austin-Rolo

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