Due to the COVID-19 virus, all workshops
are suspended until further notice!
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workshop dates or read below reserve your spot now.
Robyn Cole, a California expat now living in San Miguel, will feature
the following 2-day encaustic workshops:
To be put on an interest list, email:
robyn@robyncoleartworks.com
All workshops are from 10 am to 4 pm and include an hour break for lunch. More details below.
BEGINNING ENCAUSTIC WORKSHOPS
Many people have expressed an interest in learning about encaustic painting -- painting with molten beeswax and pigments. Painting with warm, pigmented beeswax is incredibly fun and, since the wax acts like a glue, it's the ultimate medium for incorporating a variety of materials. Warm wax flows like paint, cools quickly and is translucent, allowing you to build up interesting layers of color and texture without waiting around watching paint dry.
And now you have the opportunity to learn it for yourself!
BEGINNING WORKSHOPS: (2-Day)
In this class you'll jump right in and explore this wacky, waxy world. Using a very guided process, we'll start with the basics of how to prime surfaces, mix colors, fuse between layers and how to achieve various textures and effects. From there we'll quickly move on to the really interesting stuff like collage, embedding found objects, sgraffito, accretion, stamping, and stencils. Along the way we'll also learn how to safely use the tools and materials, as well as a bit about color, composition and design.
In this class you'll jump right in and explore this wacky, waxy world. Using a very guided process, we'll start with the basics of how to prime surfaces, mix colors, fuse between layers and how to achieve various textures and effects. From there we'll quickly move on to the really interesting stuff like collage, embedding found objects, sgraffito, accretion, stamping, and stencils. Along the way we'll also learn how to safely use the tools and materials, as well as a bit about color, composition and design.
Encaustic is a wonderfully forgiving medium and perfect for the absolute beginner,
so no experience or artistic "talent" is required for this class. Students are always happily amazed
by their own creations and will leave the class with their own 12" x 12" painting.
And the best part of all: I SUPPLY EVERYTHING! You don't need
to bring a thing except a beverage and money for lunch.
Tuition: $250 ($30 materials fee and $220 teaching fee.)
All supplies and tools will be provided.
Time: 10 am to 4 pm (allowing one hour for lunch)
The two days are intensive, but highly enjoyable.
Students will leave the hands-on workshop with their own encaustic painting
and a solid foundation with which to further explore this unique medium.
By the end of the two days, you will learn the techniques used in these three paintings:
so no experience or artistic "talent" is required for this class. Students are always happily amazed
by their own creations and will leave the class with their own 12" x 12" painting.
And the best part of all: I SUPPLY EVERYTHING! You don't need
to bring a thing except a beverage and money for lunch.
Tuition: $250 ($30 materials fee and $220 teaching fee.)
All supplies and tools will be provided.
Time: 10 am to 4 pm (allowing one hour for lunch)
The two days are intensive, but highly enjoyable.
Students will leave the hands-on workshop with their own encaustic painting
and a solid foundation with which to further explore this unique medium.
By the end of the two days, you will learn the techniques used in these three paintings:
All workshops take place in the Galeria San Francisco, located in the famed Fabrica La Aurora
of San Miguel de Allende. Our teaching room is located next to the entrance to the duck pond
with plenty of parking in front of our facility.
Map, directions and workshop details will be sent to all enrolled students.
For questions, email robyn@robyncoleartworks.com
If you choose to pay me in person, all u.s. dollar amounts may be paid in peso equivalent.
The peso equivalent is the going "buy rate" from the Gallery's bank, "Inbursa"
and the rate can be viewed on this site: www.eldolar.info
If you choose, you may pay via Paypal (Friends & Family category), by clicking on the hot link.
Where it indicates to send money to a friend, type the email shown in the paragraph above.
(hint: robyn@robyncoleartworks.com). Your total dollar amount is $250.00
For those of you needing to show this as a business expense, go ahead
and send to the category you need for this. But please make your total
dollar amount $262.50 to accommodate part of the commission Paypal charges me.
If you prefer to pay only a deposit , at least $150 is required for registration.
The remaining $100 is due the morning of class.
The deposit is refundable, minus a $25 USD handling fee, if you need to cancel outside of two weeks prior.
If you must cancel within two weeks prior to class, I will refund your deposit if I can fill your space.
You also have the option to transfer your deposit to another future workshop.
The moment I receive the transaction notification, you are enrolled!