Photo Encaustic Workshop with Rae Broyles

Saturday, October 19, 2024, 10am-3:30pm

Explore the basics of the art of photo encaustic painting! Encaustic painting is an ancient art that uses a molten beeswax solution composed of beeswax, resin, and sometimes pigment.  We will review the basics of using this exciting medium along with safety issues, surface options, layering, fusing with a blow-torch or heat-gun and more.   This workshop will focus on using student images brought to class and you will see ways to colorize, texturize and enhance your own images.

NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED.  Encaustic medium and tools are all included but students are welcome to bring additional scraping tools, fabrics, threads etc and extra wood panels. (see below). Please wear closed toed shoes and clothes that could be ruined or a good smock.

Supplied by Instructor:

1 8x8 wood panel

1 8x10 wood panel

All heating elements, wax, oil paints, brushes, glue, torches, heat guns, and scraping tools.

Please bring:

3-6 Images/photos printed out on regular copy paper. You may want multiple print outs. B/W is best. Try and print images just slightly LARGER than the 8x8 or 8x10 board size.

A roll of Paper towels

Please wear closed toed shoes and clothes that could be ruined or a good smock.

Optional:

• Additional wood panels no larger than 11x14.

• Sharp or interesting household tools (They may be ruined) to scrap into wax with. Dollar store is a good option to find interesting things.

• Threads, fabrics. or any natural materials you may want to embed in wax. (Nothing poly or plastic!)

• A few small or very small tubes of inexpensive oil paints.