Mixed Media With Cold Wax (Online Workshop) Fall 2024 w/ Martha Prideaux

$250.00

September 17 to October 1 (Tuesdays), 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Eastern Time

**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.

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Workshop Description

This workshop will cover the basics of creating paintings with oil paint and cold wax medium ((cwm). Additionally, the instructor will demonstrate how collage and a variety of mark-making tools can be used to create complex and engaging surfaces. This workshop is ideal for painters wanting to explore cwm and painters who have tried cwm before and would like a refresher.

Workshop Outline

Week 1 –

Review FAQ re: cwm to cover basics such as substrates, drying times, tools overview, etc. Show brief slide show of cwm work. Demonstrate how to prepare Arches Oil paper and how to apply the first layer. Show how to apply a second layer and press texture into it. Demo a quick alla prima painting using collage, and a few other techniques that work with wet paint. Demo an abstract and abstracted landscape if time allows.

Week 2 –

Quick review of week #1 and answer questions. Demonstrate techniques that work well on dry and semi-dry surfaces.

Examples:

• Apply thin veil of color with brayer
• Masks
• Stencils
• Monoprinting transfer techniques
• Solvent reduction
• Scraping
• Dry pigments

Week 3 –

Do a a quick review of design principles and composition. Finish demo of techniques if needed. Demo how to make simple collage papers that work well with cwm. Show and talk about student work that has been submitted so far.