Cold Wax and Oil Workshop
Join me for a 2-Day workshop to explore this innovative way to use oil paint.
It's fun, immediate and joyous!
It's fun, immediate and joyous!
Artists will be introduced to methods of working in oil and cold wax through an intuitive process utilizing various non-traditional mark making tools. Cold wax (a mix of beeswax and natural solvents) is applied at room temperature and combined with oil paint to make a sensuous butter-cream texture—a lot of fun to work! Combining this mixture in many layers with marks, collage elements, pigments etc., produces results with texture and depth that cannot be duplicated in any other medium.
This is a different process from encaustic yet the look of oil & cold wax is similar to an encaustic look,
but without any of the fumes or heat!
Materials Provided:
cold wax, oil paints, pigment sticks, charcoal, pastels,
brayers, rollers, palette knives, squeegees, scrapers, odd assortment of marking tools,
oil paper and palette paper. Students leave with up to eight 4" x 4" paintings and
up to four 6" x 9" paintings. Mats are not included but are available for purchase.
Suggested items for you to bring:
Apron or paint shirt
Something to transport paintings home (pizza box, box lid)
If you want a specific color scheme – bring oil paints and pigment sticks
What to Expect:
Students will learn basic concepts and techniques of oil/cold wax painting and to incorporate other media
including oil pigment sticks, pencils, charcoal, powdered pigments, and oil pastel.
Techniques include methods of application, building depth and texture,
removing layers, reveals, masks and unique mark-making.
The workshop structure is relaxed and appropriate for artists at all levels.
Teaching methods include demos, samples, handouts, and discussion.
Students will have plenty of time to create up to eight 4" x 4" and four 6" x 9" paintings
to take home, such as what is shown below.
VALUE = You will take home 12 paintings similar to these!
For a fee of $150.
This is a different process from encaustic yet the look of oil & cold wax is similar to an encaustic look,
but without any of the fumes or heat!
Materials Provided:
cold wax, oil paints, pigment sticks, charcoal, pastels,
brayers, rollers, palette knives, squeegees, scrapers, odd assortment of marking tools,
oil paper and palette paper. Students leave with up to eight 4" x 4" paintings and
up to four 6" x 9" paintings. Mats are not included but are available for purchase.
Suggested items for you to bring:
Apron or paint shirt
Something to transport paintings home (pizza box, box lid)
If you want a specific color scheme – bring oil paints and pigment sticks
What to Expect:
Students will learn basic concepts and techniques of oil/cold wax painting and to incorporate other media
including oil pigment sticks, pencils, charcoal, powdered pigments, and oil pastel.
Techniques include methods of application, building depth and texture,
removing layers, reveals, masks and unique mark-making.
The workshop structure is relaxed and appropriate for artists at all levels.
Teaching methods include demos, samples, handouts, and discussion.
Students will have plenty of time to create up to eight 4" x 4" and four 6" x 9" paintings
to take home, such as what is shown below.
VALUE = You will take home 12 paintings similar to these!
For a fee of $150.
*: mats not included, but are available for purchase
This workshop is open to artists of all levels and interests.
You'll have a great time discovering the magic of oil and cold wax medium in this two day class.
Making art with oil and cold wax involves a lot of experimentation and a willingness
to set out without knowing where you're going to end up!
We will not be painting with traditional brushes.
You'll use a wide variety of texture tools like kitchen utensils, stencils,
squeegees, and bowl scrapers. You'll learn to add pigment stick marks,
and to incise and scrape back. You'll explore composition and color as
you apply the oil paint and medium to a special, provided paper which needs no gesso.
We'll work on a bunch of pieces at a time, so that you don't get bored watching paint dry.
It will open new avenues to oil painters, especially with abstract ideas!
Get ready to experiment and have some fun!!
This is a 2-Day Workshop only. We will be working on numerous paintings at a time, working in a series.
This workshop is open to artists of all levels and interests.
You'll have a great time discovering the magic of oil and cold wax medium in this two day class.
Making art with oil and cold wax involves a lot of experimentation and a willingness
to set out without knowing where you're going to end up!
We will not be painting with traditional brushes.
You'll use a wide variety of texture tools like kitchen utensils, stencils,
squeegees, and bowl scrapers. You'll learn to add pigment stick marks,
and to incise and scrape back. You'll explore composition and color as
you apply the oil paint and medium to a special, provided paper which needs no gesso.
We'll work on a bunch of pieces at a time, so that you don't get bored watching paint dry.
It will open new avenues to oil painters, especially with abstract ideas!
Get ready to experiment and have some fun!!
This is a 2-Day Workshop only. We will be working on numerous paintings at a time, working in a series.
All supplies and tools will be provided.
Time: 10 am to 4 pm each day (allowing one hour for lunch)
Available Workshop:
New workshops are forming all the time. Use the "contact me" feature to write to me.
You will be put on an interest list for the next available workshop.
All workshops take place in my home studio in Alto Lino, 3 minutes north of town.
Map and directions will be sent to all enrolled students.
Payment may be made by cash or online via Paypal:
make arrangements via email to [email protected].
Your spot is confirmed only after payment.
Tuition is non-refundable but is transferable to another student.
New workshops are forming all the time. Use the "contact me" feature to write to me.
You will be put on an interest list for the next available workshop.
All workshops take place in my home studio in Alto Lino, 3 minutes north of town.
Map and directions will be sent to all enrolled students.
Payment may be made by cash or online via Paypal:
make arrangements via email to [email protected].
Your spot is confirmed only after payment.
Tuition is non-refundable but is transferable to another student.