This course is for artists who want to learn tools, techniques, and how to layer with oil and cold wax. This is a great way to push your creativity and loosen up a bit as the tools are different from traditional brush tools.
Emphasis will be on creating paintings that have a surface history, a powerful compositional design, and some unique color mixes.
Students will work on wood panels and/or oil paper to do various exercises that explore color mixes, design, and expression.
Discussion and demos, painting time, and individual critique and encouragement are provided.
Introductions
Basic Introduction to CWM, Why use it, surfaces, tools, safety
Mixing paints/pigments
Working wet
Demo of quick, intuitive paintings
Building Foundational Layers
Working dry
Initial Textures
Glazing or laying down transparent color, Brayer, and Transfer
Techniques
Creating Shapes and working on composition
Mark-Making
Reductive Techniques: solvent reductions and scraping back in to layers
Color theory
Good composition
work on oil paper and wood panel
Students come away with confidence and knowledge needed to advance their own art practice.
Early Bird pricing of $300 for this four full day workshop until April 1st.
After April 1st the price goes to $400!
ABOUT SUPPLY LIST
Supplies might take a while to arrive so please order in advance!
Go to Dick Blick- link below. I have made a list for you.
Also go to Squeegee Press also known as Cold Wax Acedemy. (link below)
!!Select the following: 2" brayer as a minimum and a 4" brayer for panels for larger works.
for example, if you are going to work on the 12x12 wood panels, the 4" brayers will help alot.
** (these brayers are soft and made for oil and cold wax. If you order others they may not be soft enough and you will get unpredictable results)