Registration is OPEN

$185 We’ll be covering a lot of fun abstracts techniques in this class. We’re also going to talk about things that hold you back in your Art Practice and how to get past them. I’ll be using a slide show with discussion, doing several process demonstrations, and walking the room to answer any questions. All skill levels welcome- here are a few things we’ll cover during this workshop:
• Substrate prep
• Jumping in
• Choosing a color scheme, limited palette options
• Making custom collage papers
• Using Grounds and Pastes for Texture
• Finding your “THING”
• Bringing your “A-Game”
• How to handle “The Voices”
• Making your art stand out
 

Materials Fee $25 paid to instructor at beginning of class includes:

• A BadAss collage pack
• GOLDEN Grounds or Pastes
• Use of miscellaneous GOLDEN products & palette knives, tools
Supplies Needed to bring for Class:

• 2-3 canvas or wood panels that are prepped with black gesso any size
• Your acrylic paint set and brushes. I use flat brushes mostly
• Any collage papers you already have
• Water container, rag or paper towels, palette paper or paper plate
• Soft Gel Matte or Fluid Matte Medium/Matte Medium
• Scissors
If you have any questions, please email: Susan.Rossiter@yahoo.com

The “Learn More” button will take you to the Art & Soul website:
 

Registration is OPEN

We’ll be covering a lot of fun abstracts techniques in this class. We’re also going to talk about things that hold you back in your Art Practice and how to get past them. I’ll be using a slide show with discussion, doing several process demonstrations, and walking the room to answer any questions. All skill levels welcome- here are a few things we’ll cover during this workshop:
• Substrate prep
• Jumping in
• Choosing a color scheme, limited palette options
• Making custom collage papers
• Using Grounds and Pastes for Texture
• Finding your “THING”
• Bringing your “A-Game”
• How to handle “The Voices”
• Making your art stand out
 

Materials Fee $25 paid to instructor at beginning of class includes:

• A BadAss collage pack
• GOLDEN Grounds or Pastes
• Use of miscellaneous GOLDEN products & palette knives, tools
Supplies Needed to bring for Class:

• 2-3 canvas or wood panels that are prepped with black gesso any size
• Your acrylic paint set and brushes. I use flat brushes mostly
• Any collage papers you already have
• Water container, rag or paper towels, palette paper or paper plate
• Soft Gel Matte or Fluid Matte Medium/Matte Medium
• Scissors
If you have any questions, please email: Susan.Rossiter@yahoo.com

The “Learn More” button will take you to the Art & Soul website:
 

We’ll be covering a lot of fun abstracts techniques in this class. We’re also going to talk about things that hold you back in your Art Practice and how to get past them. I’ll be using a slide show with discussion, doing several process demonstrations, and walking the room to answer any questions. All skill levels welcome- here are a few things we’ll cover during this workshop:
• Substrate prep
• Jumping in
• Choosing a color scheme, limited palette options
• Making custom collage papers
• Using Grounds and Pastes for Texture
• Finding your “THING”
• Bringing your “A-Game”
• How to handle “The Voices”
• Making your art stand out
 

Materials Fee $25 paid to instructor at beginning of class includes:

• A BadAss collage pack
• GOLDEN Grounds or Pastes
• Use of miscellaneous GOLDEN products & palette knives, tools
Supplies Needed to bring for Class:

• 2-3 canvas or wood panels that are prepped with black gesso any size
• Your acrylic paint set and brushes. I use flat brushes mostly
• Any collage papers you already have
• Water container, rag or paper towels, palette paper or paper plate
• Soft Gel Matte or Fluid Matte Medium/Matte Medium
• Scissors
If you have any questions, please email: Susan.Rossiter@yahoo.com

Register Here button will take you to the Art & Soul website:
 

Sunday, May 22nd Noon-3 EASTERN Time.

Wax-free encaustic- achieving the luminous look of encaustic paintings using acrylic paints and mediums.

Traditional encaustic painting involves heated beeswax mixed with varnish and pigments to make different colors. It’s complicated process and very different from painting with acrylics. Cold wax and oil is another fun but tricky technique. I love both techniques but have found I can get a very similar look using my acrylic products.

In this workshop, we’ll make 3 small abstracts that have a wonderful, dreamy encaustic look using acrylic products. I’ll demonstrate several acrylic recipes you can experiment with or modify depending on which colors and mediums you already have.

We’ll cover the differences between Gels and Mediums and talk about the best ways to use Interference and Iridescent colors

The wax-free encaustic techniques are a great way to unify the surface of your paintings or to make multiple pieces look more like “family”

Materials needed:

3 small substrates (any size, type is fine) I’ll probably use (3) 8x8 wood panels that already have some paint or gesso on them so feel free to gather up some pieces you have sitting around

Your acrylic set, brushes, water, rags, palette papers or paper plates for mixing

palette knives, a large one if you have it

collage papers

any Matte Medium or Matte Gel (I’ll be demonstrating with several types of GOLDEN Gels and Mediums)

Any Iridescent or Interference paints you already have

A piece of heavy watercolor paper for encaustic samples

Any mark making pens, pencils, markers you already have

pen and paper for notes

good lighting