Lisa Bebi
Saturday–Sunday, 11 AM–4 PM
July 6–7
(2 days, 10 total hours of instruction)
AAC Art Studio
$135/155 + $75 materials fee paid to instructor
Encaustic painting (painting using hot wax and beeswax) is an ancient medium that not only looks luminous and dreamy, but it smells nice too.
Working in hot wax allows for fast assembly of many mixed-media compositions. The warmed wax is applied by brush then set by heat gun. Once it has cooled, the piece has a durable finish. You may add layers on top of the finish, dig into it, or embed things. In fact, there are an amazing number of ways to work in this medium.
You may leave your work at your station for the entire workshop.
Materials: Provided with the materials fee: three small wood-panel substrates, 8” x 8”; R & F encaustic medium, some R & F wax colors, R & F wax colors sticks; heated palette; some brushes; heat guns; some collage materials; some paints; images; things to embed; mark making tools; oil pastels; collage materials; transfer materials, paints; gloves; scissors.
Optional to bring to class: apron, mask for face if sensitive to the smell of heated wax; paper towels; tracing paper; larger cradled birchwood boards or Ampersand Encausticbords; notepad and pen; your own mark making tools; dried botanicals to embed.
Immediately after you register, look for a confirmation email and receipt. In the week preceding the class start date, you will receive another email with more details.
Masks optional. If you have a fever, cough, or flu-like symptoms, please stay home. Please note that our policy may change as new guidelines and recommendations become available. The safety of our students, faculty, and staff continues to be our highest priority.