Encaustics for Beginners: Mark Making Workshop

Name: Encaustics for Beginners: Mark Making Workshop
Start: 2025-01-04T13:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-04T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Purple Crayon

Schedule

Sat Jan 04 2025 at 01:00 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Purple Crayon | Asheville, NC

If you’ve ever admired artworks created with encaustic wax, but the process seemed too complicated or overwhelming, this workshop is for you!
In this playful, half-day workshop, mixed media artist Denby Dale will introduce you to some of the basic properties of encaustic wax without any intimidation or fussy studio set-up. Using panels that have been pre-coated in clear encaustic medium, you’ll explore the many ways to safely draw on, add color to, and create surface texture with encaustic wax to create a unique, 8” x 8” abstract piece of art.
Through demos and experimentation, you’ll learn how to:
- Add color to your panel with wax based, water soluble artist crayons, colored pencils, graphite, and inks
- Alter and incise the surface of your panel using X-acto knives, lightweight carving tools, and stencils
- Use a mini heat gun to “push” the marks and wax around and seal it all together
Once you dip your toe into the world of encaustics through mark making and using a mini heat gun, you'll likely get hooked! We hope so, anyway!
For more information, visit the Purple Crayon website: www.purplecrayonavl.com/workshops.