Encaustic Wax Collage	Wednesday 9:00 - 4:30	$145
	Crystal Neubauer

Student Level: Beginner - Intermediate
Type of Workshop: Process - several completed pieces possible

Enjoy a fun and informative session while learning and practicing the basics of encaustic wax collage. Working on small canvas or encaustic board, techniques in the class will cover building a traditional collage utilizing encaustic wax as a top layer to protect and enhance your work, building a collage with encaustic wax as the adhesive between layers, and taking your collage off the “board” with embellishments and 3D effects. Additional techniques will include stencils, incising and mark-making, adding color with a variety of methods, basic image transfers and will enable the student to express themselves whether their style is whimsical and light or takes a more serious tone.

Materials Fee of $20 payable to Instructor at class time includes unlimited classroom use of:

• Encaustic Wax Medium
• Pigmented Encaustic
• Glue
• Oil Pastels and Oil pigment sticks
• Chalks, Drawing Pastels, ink
• Image transfer sheets
• Collage material

Equipment provided by instructor:

• Skillets to heat wax
• Aluminum bowls and containers
• Brushes
• Heat guns
• Mini iron
• Extension cords
• Incising tools
• Stencils

Students should bring:

• Encaustic panel or board (any size up to 8 x 10)
• Small gallery or museum-depth wrapped canvases (no larger then 6”square)
• Ephemera and collage papers (include lightweight pieces such as sewing patterns – as well as text weight)
• Small ephemera – stamps, stickers, labels, etc.
• Toner based copies if the student has special images they want to use – otherwise some will be provided
• Small pack of baby wipes
• Old spoon
• Fine microfiber cloth or soft cloth such as t-shirt or flannel

 

Questions? Email Crystal at crystalneubauer@yahoo.com
Website: www.crystalneubauer.com