Encaustic Painting with Marianne Gibson

Service Description

Encaustic Painting Weekend with Marianne Gibson Learn the art of encaustic painting in this fun and informative weekend workshop. Create a number of small paintings by applying a mix of beeswax, tree resin, and oil paint to wood and fusing them together with heat. Saturday will include an introduction to the medium, safety, making the medium, using different heating tools (encaustic iron, heat gun and blow torch) to fuse the encaustic to wooden boards and an introduction to image/photo transfers. Sunday will cover more intermediate topics such as experimenting with collage, creating different textures, and the challenge of making a smooth surface for image transfers. Students are encouraged to test out a variety of techniques and discuss their pieces with their classmates as they learn from each other. At the end of each day we discuss your favourite painting and your most challenging one. You’ll find this medium to be one of the most versatile and fun art forms out there. No experience necessary! Materials Fee: $100 payable to the instructor at the start of class. Optional Materials: We provide a large number of black/white images to choose from when learning image transfers. You may bring your own small black/white or colour high resolution photos/images (5" x 7" or smaller) if you wish - printed on photocopy paper with a laser copier "mirror image" required if transferring words or you don't want your image flipped. 2-3 copies of each image. Please respect copyright laws and use only images that you own or are public domain.

Location Details

• Boathouse

  26 Albert St S, Southampton, ON N0H 2L0, Canada

Cancellation Policy

Adult course fees include 13% HST in the listed price. Children’s course fees are tax exempt. There are NO REFUNDS on classes cancelled by the student within the 14 days before the class begins. A cancellation fee of $25 applies to any class cancelled by the student more than 14 days before the class starting date. Classes may be cancelled at any time by Southampton Arts, without prior notice. Full refunds will be paid if the course is cancelled by the school for any reason. There will be no discounts, refunds, credits or transfers for classes not attended. Important Information about our Classes: Full payment must be made at time of registration. We cannot hold registrations without payment. The Southampton Art School is not liable for any injury or loss/damage to possessions. The Southampton Art School reserves the right to change a workshop’s location or replace an instructor with the same qualifications, in order for a class to run. Smoking is NOT allowed inside or within 3 meters (10 feet) of the buildings. Children’s Class Information: Students must be within the designated age group on the first day of the class. We are unable to accommodate children in diapers. If a child has a physical or learning disability please let us know at registration. Parents/guardians are not permitted to attend classes with their child. Kids Art classes include materials unless otherwise stated in the class description.