Shades of White

What is Studioworks Creative Academy?

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Hello my creative friends!

Come join me for this one week Mixed Media & Encaustic workshop where we explore the beauty and subtlety of white and neutral tones.

When we strip away color - texture, contrast and ultimately design and composition come to the forefront. We will focus on these artistic aesthetics as we complete three beautifully unique projects.

Here's a description of each of our special projects:

Project 1 - The Zen Abstract Collage

Using various collage materials and even 3-D objects we will create a “Zen” like abstract collage with paper and encaustic wax. Learn about the fundamentals of composition and push yourself outside your comfort zone as we leave the world of representation behind. The key in this project is aligning elements, creating visual tension and harmonious balance.

Project 2 - The Lady in White

We will study Whistler’s famous painting - Symphony in White I and create our own Lady in White portraits using mixed media. My materials of choice will be acrylic paint, charcoal and soft chalk pastels.

Project 3 - White Horses on the Horizon

This horse themed painting will be all about texture, repetition, pattern and shape. We will be collaging, painting, stenciling and finally using a layer of cold wax and oil paint to create a dreamy, misty and textural finish on this gorgeous mixed media landscape.

This class is for anyone wants to explore Mixed Media materials with a focus on composition, balance, contrast and other vital aesthetic properties required to create visually harmonious pieces of work. 

Aesthetic Principals studied:

• Balance

• Contrast

• Unity

• Movement

• Emphasis

• Pattern

I will be guiding you through several techniques such as:

• working with soft chalk pastels

• portrait tips and tricks

• creating texture

• collage

• painting over collage

• cold wax application

• stenciling

• paint application

• creating layers with encaustic wax

• embedding 3-D objects into wax

• and much more, plus tons of info, resources and access to my curated image gallery.

Essential Supply List

• Encaustic Medium*

• Hake Brushes (or natural fiber brushes)*

• Mini griddle or regular size griddle*

• Wax paper*

• Assorted Found Objects* (2-5)

• White Encaustic Paint*

• Disposable metal tin or small tin can (tuna tins work great)*

• Clay tools for carving into wax

• Gellatos, oil pastels or oil sticks*

• Collage materials in shades of white, cream, grays etc.* - assorted vintage papers/book pages, scrapbook paper, magazine images etc.

• Chalk Pastel pencils or Colored Pencils

• Palette Knife*

• Old credit card*

• 2 rigid substrates canvas board, clay board or wood boards* (any size)

• Gel Medium Matte or collage glue*

• Assorted acrylic or craft paints*

• Assorted brushes*

• Palette*

• Rags

• White Gesso*

• Charcoal pencil*

• Heavy weight Watercolor paper (cold press - any size)

• Assorted Stencils

• Soft Chalk Pastels

• Scissors*

• Cold Wax*

• Brayer

• Oil Paints* (basic, inexpensive set is fine most importantly get a titanium white)