Oil and Cold Wax

Learn to use Cold Wax medium painting to create a series of small experimental pieces with artist Amanda Oliphant.

***To avoid a non-refundable booking fee and pay by card, cheque or cash, please contact dot-art Services directly on 0345 017 6660***

1 Day Course (£65)

Saturday 12th October, 11am-4pm

Programme:

Learn to create layers, depth of colour and textures using Oils and Cold Wax Medium in this one day workshop led by established artist Amanda Oliphant.

Amanda will demonstrate her own techniques whilst you work along side her over the four hour workshop. Attendees must have some experience of working with oils prior to this course. (suitable for adults only).

Discover the advantages of working with cold wax, its transparency and reactive elements when mixed with opaques and semi-transparent oils. See how it evaporates and hardens over the drying time. Cold Wax is malleable, you can move it around, working back into the surface. You can build multiple layers, allowing each layer to semi dry in between applications working with ‘reduction’ techniques using different tools to scrap into the surface.

We will use different drawing materials such as oil pastels & oil sticks to create meaningful marks beneath the surface, these may/may-not be exposed later, techniques known as excavation and sgraffito.

Tutor: Amanda Oliphant

Amanda Oliphant graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art at LJMU followed by an MA in Art as Environment at MMU. Amanda is an established painter and tutor and leads workshops on her expressive style in oils.

Dates:

Saturday 12th October, 11am-4pm

Venue:

Museum of Liverpool

Pier Head

Liverpool

L3 1DG

Cost:

£65

Materials you will need to bring:

• AQUAFINE COLD PRESS PAPER at least 300gms A3 or A4
• OIL PAINTS (various)
• COLD WAX MEDIUM (small tin available from Jacksons art supplies or Amazon)
• OIL STICKS AND CHARCOAL/COLOURED PENCILS
• SOFT ROLLER
• MASKING TAPE
• SCRAPERS (silicone bowl scrapers)
• GLOVES/ ART APRON
• PAPER PALETTE PAD (large if possible)
• PALETTE KNIVES
• A2 BOARD (mount board is light to transport)
• SCRAPING TOOLS (wooden bbq sticks/any utensils)
• Tissue paper/hessian/sponge/twigs (not essential)
• KITCHEN ROLL and Pack of Baby Wipes (biodegradable only)
• NOTEPAD/PEN

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Notes:

This course is for ages 16+

There are a maximum of 15 places available on each session, so early booking is essential. To avoid a booking fee and pay by card, cheque or cash, please contact dot-art Services directly on 0345 017 6660.

We have introduced a range of safety measures to keep everyone as safe and comfortable as possible. We ask everyone to please respect social distancing guidelines, all staff will be keeping their distance too.

Regular cleaning and santising measures will be in place.

Cancellations / Refunds:

Once you have made your course booking you are committed to it. This is because our courses have very small student numbers, and often sell-out and are unavailable to others. Therefore any cancellations may result in a place not being filled, or a course not being able to run.

Cancellations are permitted up to 30 days before the start of a course, and a full refund will be issued. Refunds will not be made for cancellations less than 30 days before the start of a course. If you are unable to attend due to illness, personal or professional commitments you do not have the right to a refund. If you wish to cancel your place on a course that has not yet started and you have a friend or colleague who can take your place we can accommodate this substitution.

If we are unable to deliver a course due to low bookings, tutor illness or venue unavailability we will process the dot-art amount of the course tickets. Please note the booking fee is non-refundable as this charge does not go to the organiser. To avoid the booking fee please book over the phone with us on 0345 017 6660 and have your card details to hand. Or you can pay in person with cash, card or cheque in dot-art Gallery, Queen Avenue, Liverpool.

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