Mixed Media & Encaustic Workshop with Randal Arvilla 2022

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Encaustic painting is one of the oldest painting techniques in the history of art and this 2-day course brings a contemporary perspective to it.

The workshop will focus on explorations of landscape through the layering of encaustic medium, creating transparencies, using lines and a variety of mark-making as well as mixed media. This workshop will inspire beginners and Intermediate encaustic painters who will benefit from the variety of applications as artists develop their artworks throughout this 2-day workshop.

The class entails an introduction to the materials, tools safety and an array of techniques. Learn how to prepare the encaustic medium from scratch, its history as well as experiment with the layering of paint, scraping, carving, embedding and drawing to enhance your landscape narrative. Build more confidence in the development of your abstract, intuitive, landscape artworks with this beeswax and pigments-based art medium.

Students will develop their own narrative and style through a series of studies on 20 x 20 wood panels and will benefit from group discussion and feedback.

Cost includes $50 of materials.