This five-day workshop is an exploration of the amazing translucent, layered, smooth and textural effects that can be achieved when painting with sweet-smelling molten encaustic beeswax. Discover ways to colour, fuse, alter, and gild your collages, photo transfers and encaustic monoprints. Create 2-dimensional mixed media paintings, a 3-dimensional shadow box, and an encaustic book using Shary’s huge array of ephemera, unique papers, fabrics and enticing trinkets. Suitable for new or experienced artists. Featuring Piñata Alcohol Inks, Dye-Na-Flow, Lumiere, Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments, Encaustic Medium and Inkjet Fabric Sheets.
Dates: July 8-12, 2019 - 9am - 4pm each day (optional evening projects available outside the classroom)
Location: Red Deer College Series, Summer Arts School
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Cost: $645 CDN (+$150 CDN for all materials/supplies* & + $39.75 CDN GST fee)
*All materials provided in your supplies fee, however, students are welcome to bring any personal materials.