Encaustic Daguerreotypes

Monday 9:00 - 4:30 $145  
  Linda Lenart McNulty    


Student Level: Beginner through Advanced
Type of Workshop: Process and Project

 

 

There is something so beautiful and eerie about the old Daguerreotype photos - I’ve always wanted a set of my own, or to somehow be able to recreate them. Well, with the help of Encaustic Wax and Photo-Transfer techniques, Daguerreotype effects are easily achieved. You just have to know what to do! I have developed a set of techniques which recreate the look of Daguerreotype photos as Encaustic Paintings. I’ll share my tricks with you and we’ll have fun in the process! Come join the fun and leave with your own personalized set of Encaustic Daguerreotypes!

What is Encaustic Painting? Encaustic Painting, first invented by the Greeks for ships and developed by the Egyptians for Portraiture, is experiencing a fresh revival among Mixed Media Artists, since lying dormant in the Egyptian tombs. The process entails the layering on, and scraping away of warm, colorful beeswax (mixed with tree sap), the surface of which can be manipulated with all types of Mixed Media processes, resulting in fascinating and luminous paintings with transparent tendencies.

Students will learn encaustic painting techniques from the ground up and will leave class with a number of beautiful “Daguerreotype” Encaustic Paintings.

Kit fee of $45 payable to Instructor at class time includes:

  • all the supplies necessary to make four Encaustic Paintings, including:
    • 6”x 8” boards
    • Encaustic Medium
    • Encaustic Paint
    • a large variety of mixed media supplies
    • photo transfers
    • use of all the Encaustic tools below

Instructor will provide all tools for sharing:

  • paint brushes
  • griddles
  • wax scraping and incising tools
  • objects and wooden stamps for mark-making

Students should bring:

  • Viva Paper Towels are lint free, so bring a roll or some sheets in your luggage for use in surface play.
  • A few pairs of Latex or Nitrile gloves for mixed media play
  • Wax Paper for taking your paintings home

    Optional:
  • Any Victorian or personal photo images (black-and-white), copied with toner ink, for use as photo-transfers. Bring multiple copies for sharing or mess-ups! The sizes of the paintings are 6” x 8” so keep the toner copies within that size.
  • Any personal or found objects, for mark-making or embedding into the wax of your painting.

Luminous Encaustic Kits will be available for purchase after class and at my instructor’s table.

 

Questions? Email Linda at
Website: luminousencaustics.com