When

09/22/2023    
10:00 am - 3:00 pm

Where

Cumming Arts Center @ the Brannon-Heard House
111 Pilgram Mill Road, Cumming, GA, 30040

Event Type

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Encaustic Painting for Beginners

Instructor: Kris Straukas


This class will teach you the basics in Encaustic painting in a relaxed and fun environment. Learn how to melt the medium and keep it within a safe working temperature, tools required and safety precautions to get you started. Experiment with different materials to create an 8 x 10 collage. All materials are included.

What is Encaustic Painting? The word “Encaustic” is a Greek word meaning “to heat or burn in”. Encaustic medium is made of natural Beeswax and Damar Resin (crystallized tree sap). The beeswax and resin is melted, pigment can be added, and applied in layers to a porous surface with brushes and other tools. Wax layers are then reheated to fuse it to the previous layer. Encaustic mediums and paints are a versatile, spontaneous medium. They can be re-melted to create different effects, layered in opaque or translucent layers, modeled, textured, scraped, sculpted, polished, or combined with a variety of materials to create collage works. Unlike other paints, encaustic is never wet or dry – it goes from a liquid to a solid state and back again in seconds, allowing additional layers to be added immediately.  

The instructor will reach out to you before class for more details and information!

Dates Available:  August 25th  or  September 22nd  
TIME: 10AM to 3PM
Cost: $145.00 – Materials included.

 

 

 

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Beginner Encaustic Painting Workshop
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