Cold Wax & Oil Workshop with Sandy Kay

Schedule

Tue Oct 13 2026 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm

UTC-07:00
Location

Gibsons Public Art Gallery | Gibsons, BC

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Curious about how to use cold wax medium with oil paint? Join us on Tues. Oct. 13th, 10AM - 4PM, with exhibiting artist Sandy Kay!
About this Event

If you missed our last workshop with Sandy Kay, here’s another chance to experience this amazing way to paint with minimum commitment and maximum fun. There is a limit of 12 participants, so register now to save your seat!

Sandy Kay’s artistic career spans many levels. She has worked as a graphic designer, a theatre set designer, and costume designer, and in multiple mediums. She now paints in Cold Wax and Oil paints, and is excited to share this amazing medium in her workshops. her studio is in Halfmoon Bay BC on the Sunshine Coast.

Sandy’s paintings are informed by her emotional response to the natural world of forest and sea. She strives to create a feeling rather than a picture, to evoke a deeper emotional response in the viewer. In this one-day hands-on class artist Sandy Kay will demonstrate using the tools, how to blend, mix and layer the paints using cold wax medium, and why it’s a most intriguing, joyful (and easy) way to paint!

Sandy will demonstrate in stages while you try this method throughout the day using the same materials and tools. You will leave with your own original fall-themed painting and confidence creating your artwork. This workshop will introduce her latest techniques in tools, glazing, solvent reduction, lifework, and working in a limited palette, and is for painters of all levels, from beginners to advanced.

Cost:

$165, with a 10% discount for GPAG Members

Sandy will supply:

Oil paper for your painting

Art Board for support

tracing paper

saran wrap

photo of painting subject

palette paper

tissue paper

gloves

Mark making tools

Please bring all other supplies, listed below, to the workshop with you.


Supplies to bring:

Gamblin Cold Wax Medium

Gamblin Gamsol

Gamblin Galkyd Lite gel

Pigments used:

Titanium White

Pthalo Blue

Indian Yellow

Quinacridone Red

Burnt Sienna

Bring any professional paint you already have; or if purchasing new, Gamblin Student Grade is an excellent choice, and what Sandy will be using in this workshop.

Artist tape

*Squeegies: 4” or 5”

*Brayers: 2”

Brushes, 1 or 2 if you already have them (bristle and soft, 1/2” or 3/4”) Fan brush

Rags, shop towels, or paper towels

small spray bottle for gamsol


Tools and paint materials can be supplied for use during this workshop for $40, payable directly to Sandy at the beginning of the workshop, if you want to 'try before you buy'. If you need other supplies or prefer to shop in person, a reminder that GPAG Members get a 15% discount at our local art supplies shop The Painted Lady Art Supplies in Gibsons.

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Where is it happening?

Gibsons Public Art Gallery, 431 Marine Drive, Gibsons, Canada

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Tickets

CAD 10.50 to CAD 173.25

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