Intensive:Creating a Series w/ Cold Wax

Service Description

Creating a Series With Cold Wax & Oil Prerequisite: Students must be familiar with painting with cold wax medium (Advanced Course) During this intensive, informative, and upbeat workshop you’ll dive deep into exploring your artistic voice and creating a series of cold wax and oil paintings that reflect YOU! Working in a series is a great way to get out of your head, experiement, and learn now to create a cohesive body of work. I’ll do several demos throughout the workshop, and you’ll receive lots of personal instruction to help you work through your paintings and move forward in new and exciting ways. All in an encouraging, nurturing, and fun environment! Additionally, we’ll dive into the elements and principles of design, I’ll show examples, and then we’ll focus on how to use them in your work. We’ll explore multiple techniques including: • Creating an exciting underpainting with acrylic paints - Layering • Making multiple textures • Mark making • Mixing colors that create harmony • Stenciling and transfers • Drawing into and on top of cold wax • Using Pan Pastels with cold wax • Glazing with cold wax • Masking • Creating patterns • Collage • Editing for clarity • Adding the final “jewelry” On the last day of the workshop you’ll get a list of questions to ask yourself to determine if your paintings are finished! You’ll walk away with a cohesive series of paintings and feeling confident about creating strong cold wax paintings that are YOU! ••Students are responsible for bringing their own substrate to paint on. All other supplies will be provided. If you want, bring any favorite oil paints you might like to use and an old shirt or apron you can get dirty.