Encaustic Workshop with Patricia Seggebruch
January 28-29, 2012 - 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Description: Two-day intensive workshop on ecaustic art.
Cost: $240 per person
Supply Fee: $20 (paid to instructor on first day of class)
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Join us in this extravaganza in beeswax! Experience the joy and versatility of this rich, organic medium as Patricia teaches you the core encaustic techniques such as collage, image transfer and incising so that you will be primed to build on these with all of the endless possibility in the medium.
The diversity of this medium offers the artist opportunity to include all mediums and build on skills related to other creative outlets like no other medium can. You will want to be doing everything encaustic! Delving into alternative foundations and materials like plaster, tar, woodicing, PanPastel and alcohol inks and shellac will happen as well.
Demonstration and hands on painting and experimenting is what this workshop is all about. With ample time to play in the wax, ask questions and develop a strong sense on what is possible in the medium, no one will go away without a fever for encaustic!
Supply List
While the main body of encaustic painting is based on beeswax, much can go into it! I will supply the wax, encaustic colors and the heating materials for use with encaustic so that you do not have to be concerned with investing in materials before you know what it's all about! I also bring a small selection of collage materials and carving tools but you will have to bring your personality as well! That is, collect collage material, interesting carving tools or objects to press into the wax that will leave an interesting impression, image or photo transfers and what ever other ephemera you want to throw into the wax!
Supplies to bring:
- Surfaces to paint on-encaustic needs a rigid and absorbent surface- encausticbord or unprimed, birch art panels or plywood is recommended-no larger than 8x10 (6-10 total)
- Paper towel
- Wax paper for wrapping completed painting for transportation
- Latex or rubber gloves
- Things to bring to personalize if you have them! Class materials for these will be available otherwise~
- Carving tools
- Razor blades, scrapers, palette knives, pottery tools, cookie cutters-any metal that will cut into or carve the wax
- Impression makers
- Screen, hardware, natural materials, scrapbooking stuff
- Collage material
- Old paintings, decorative papers, fabric, yarn, string, wire, beads
- Image transfers
- zerox copied images of photos, numbers, words
- (Be sure in using words/numbers that you print off in reverse image-this is necessary for the transfer. Also, the copy must be a zerox copy or a laser printer image, not ink jet-copy your ink jet images) black and white or color-bring both
- Oil bar or oil paint
- Found objects or natural elements (rusty metal, dried leaves, sticks, cones, wire)
About the Instructor: Patricia Seggebruch
Innovative developer of Encaustikits and Encausticamp Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch began painting more than sixteen years ago-always abstractly and evolving into encaustics from acrylic over seven years ago. Her love for the medium translates into her teaching, and students benefit from a passionate, engaging workshop experience filled with all the knowledge Patricia has acquired and developed in her forage into this rich and diverse medium.
Patricia’s books, Encaustic Workshop and Encaustic Mixed Media are available on book shelves everywhere and two DVD’s in the medium are on the market thanks to FW Publishing and Creative Catalyst Productions.
When not completely immersed in this creativity, Patricia keeps herself busy with the lives of four teenage sons, two cats, a rabbit and newly acquired ‘dabomb’ husband and teenage daughter.