Encaustic Workshop! Photos from today!

What a great time we had learning encaustic techniques from Canadian artist Heather Hennick! Thank you to Libby, Bonnie, Cole, Mila, Michelle, and Mary for making a great afternoon. It was 4pm before we knew it and we all still wanted to play.

Some of us wanted to continue doing transfers, others collage, and some just played with the wax. I fell into the last category, and was greatly happy with the results. This is definitely a medium with which I am going to continue to use.

Here are some things we learned about working with beeswax:

1. Smoothing wax is much more challenging than we thought.

2. Have a steady hand is not always a good thing.

3. Wax is playful, colorful, and liquid.

4. The iron also turns into a small hot plate.

5. It smells so good!

6. Transfers are a cinch.

7. Collages are fun, easy, and with magnificent results.

The day's class ended with "let's keep in touch," and "thanks for a great class!" Me, well, I want to keep doing this, but I'm going to listen to Main Highway tonight.

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Smiles!

Angeline-Marie of

Angeline Marie Fine Art

ammtz2008@gmail.com

1. Heather, ready for class! at left

2. Below left, Heather showing how to use an encaustic tool. 

3. Artists avidly watching. 4. Artists playing with beeswax!

Encaustic Workshop! Techniques & Resources

Now that my vacation is over (more info later on some of my adventures & learnings!), I am looking forward to learning about encaustic techniques from Canadian artist Heather Hennick this Saturday, December 19. 

Because this is a new medium for me, I have been looking around the Internet for different stuff. Thanks to a posting on Wetcanvas I found a few weeks ago, here are some encaustic links to preview. Some have information on  techniques that will be shown on Saturday as well as other useful stuff. 

The links are:

General info and techniques

Image Transfer in Encaustic Wax by Susan Crouse-Kemp

Hot Air Gun - John Vanderbrook 

Encaustic Wax Painting for Beginners: Video Series – John Vanderbrook

Wetcanvas.com article by Ed Zawadski

There is still room for more students. Please contact me at ammtz2008@gmail.com , leave a comment on this blog, contact me through Facebook (Angeline Marie Martinez) or simply call me at 305 984 3954. For more information about the workshop, please view earlier blog posts. 

Special thanks to Brodie6 on www.wetcanvas.com for all of his work.

Smiles & Happy Hanukah!

Angeline-Marie of 

Angeline Marie Fine Art

Encaustic Workshop! More about beeswax

Beeswax Candles

Beeswax is the only fuel known to science that releases a negative ion as it burns. Negative ions are proven to eliminate dust, pollen, mold, smoke, food odor, and pet dander as well as airborne germs and bacteria. These ions are nature's way of cleaning up man's pollution.

Beeswax has no soot. Beeswax burns very slowly. Although the cost may seem higher, in the long run the candles are much more economical.

The beeswax flame is much more brilliant and will enhance any spiritual experience. Its positive vibration will charm and illuminate, bringing heightened connection, awareness, and positive energy to any gathering or meditative experience.

Contact Heather Hennick if you wish to purchase beeswax candles. She can be contacted at info@partyzazz.com and her work can be seen at

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/healing-journey-heather-hennick.html

To join the Encaustic Workshop, please contact me. For more information about it, please see previous blog posts.

Smiles,

Angeline-Marie

www.angelinemarie.net

ammtz2008@gmail.com

Encaustic Workshop! What will I learn? (The Basics)

Heather Hennick is the Canadian Encaustic Artist that is teaching on December 19th (Saturday) at ID Art Supply. She shared with me, a student in the class, some of the techniques we will be learning.

Encaustic Art- The Basics 

1. Smoothing    2. Lifting/Dabbing   3. Edge Sliding    4. Point or Tip Detailing 

1. Smoothing 

Most encaustic effects require a basic coat of wax, which is applied by smoothing the wax onto the card. 

Practice 1: Multicolor coating 

Practice 2: One-color- coating- more difficult to maintain smoothness load the iron with one color. 

Practice 3: Two-color coating 

Practice 4: Multi-color coating (This is really fun) 

I am looking forward to this workshop!!!!

Remember: 12/19/09 Saturday, 12:30 pm - 4 pm

Fees are $150, cash or money order. Deposit of $60 is accepted. Please contact me at ammtz2008@gmail.com for payment methods.

Smiles,

Angeline Marie

www.angelinemarie.net

Encaustic Workshop! About Bees & Beeswax

This blog post is brought to you by encaustic artist Heather Hennick. She shared this brief history and a few facts with me for this blog.

Beeswax was first used in ship painting by the Greeks 4000 years ago. The Egyptians used it to paint the mummy portraits and tomb paintings.

Beeswax can be traced back to the "higher power:" the significance that it contains the nectars of the Gods. There are many spiritual teachings related to bees. One is that they are servants gods as they contribute to the pollinating that enables plants to bring forth the fruits as food for every living thing on earth. 

Bees will travel over 50,000 miles and pollinate over 2 million flowers to generate 1/4 pound of pure beeswax. The sweet aroma is the essence of 10,000 flowers. The yellow color is attributed to the color of pollen. 

Tinting of colors in the beeswax can be done from natural pigments as found in oil paints. 

Encaustic means "to burn" or "heat into." 

Beeswax does not grow mold or mildew or fade in color. It is a natural adhesive. What was red 4,000 years ago will stay red 4,000 years later. 

Beeswax does get a slight film called "bloom" after sitting for a few months, but it just needs to be lightly buffed.

Beeswax art or wax can be kept forever. 

Remember, the Encaustic Workshop is Saturday, December 19th, 2009 from 1 pm to 4 pm. 

Limit 10 students. For more information, please visit the blog posts titled "Encaustic Workshop!"

Smiles!

Angeline-Marie

www.angelinemarie.net

Encaustic Workshop! What do I need to bring?

After trying to keep this as simple as possible for everyone, Heather Hennick and I have decided on a final list of necessary objects for artists to supply for the encaustic workshop. Just about every artist I know has these supplies already, which is wonderful. If you don't, there will be plenty to share (we will make sure of it!)


1. blow (hair) dryer 
2. scissors
3. a couple of cheap hog hair brushes (like what Baruj likes, from the hardware store)
4. collage material: such as decorative napkins, pretty papers, small black and white photocopy images or a colorful magazine, a little piece of silky fabric, dried leaves or petals, found objects


I also found a very cool link to check out some art made with encaustic techniques: 


http://gallery.sjsu.edu/arth198/painting/encaustic.html

Please remember, we accept PayPal for the deposit & the limit is 10 students! As always, more information is available on my website, with Workshop as its very own page. 


Heather Hennick can be contacted at info@partyzazz.com and her work can be seen at http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-heather-hennick.html


Smiles,
Angeline-Marie
www.angelinemarie.net

Encaustic Workshop!!! WHAT is Encaustic?

We are proud to present Canadian artist Heather Hennick for an encaustic workshop!

What: Encaustic painting involves working with pigment, wax, and heat.

Techniques: Ironing, carving,embedding materials, photo transfer techniques,
stamping, drawing and painting to name a few.

Includes the tools YOU take back to YOUR STUDIO!:
1. Encaustic iron - It holds an adjustable yet stable working temperature to work with wax
2. Paper
3. 16 blocks of quality beeswax, supplied by Heather
4. Surprise gift

Where: ID Art Supply, 15th & Biscayne Blvd, Miami

When: Saturday, December 19th from noon to 4 pm.

How Much? $150 covers instruction and supplies

Do I need to take anything? Start saving empty tuna cans, old clothes, super cheap brushes, found objects, photos, magazines, etc. List will be blogged in a few days of supplies needed. ID Art will give a small discount if you need an item.

I want to do this! How can I get into the class?
Contact Angeline at ammtz2008@gmail.com or via Facebook (Angeline Marie Martinez). Heather can be contacted best (after all, she's in Canada!) at info@partyzazz.com or via Facebook (Heather Hennick).

Non-refundable deposit of $60 is required at enrollment. Limit of 10 students.

For more about Heather and the things that can be done with this technique, visit her link at http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-heather-hennick.html

This blog will be giving more information concerning encaustic terminology as well as what supplies are needed for the class.

Smiles!
Angeline-Marie
http://www.angelinemarie.net/
ammtz2008@gmail.com