DRAWING/PAINTING – SUMMER SESSION 2
June 2-14, 2024 (11 STUDIO DAYS)
Kristy Deetz
Encaustic Painting

Encaustic painting uses pigment and warm wax applied to a variety of surfaces. Encaustic does not yellow; it repels moisture; it enhances surface texturing; it responds to continual reworking; and it lends itself to embedding images within multiple layers of wax. Students will apply encaustic to a variety of surfaces and learn a full range of additive and subtractive techniques, including fusing, scraping, casting, dipping, layering, and burnishing. We will prepare painting supports with materials such as encaustic gesso, handmade gesso, fabric, and gold leaf. This workshop will cover all the basics of encaustic painting along with experimental approaches such as collage, image transfer, stencils, and block-outs. All levels. 

Studio artist, professor emerita at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay; other teaching: Arrowmont (TN), Haystack (ME), Anderson Ranch (CO), Ox-bow (MI); SECAC Excellence in Teaching award; recent exhibitions: Alexander Hogue Gallery at University of Tulsa (OK), James Watrous Gallery at Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Letters, Stewart Center Gallery at Purdue University (IN); work published in Encaustic Art in the Twenty-First Century and Encaustic Art: The Complete Guide to Creating Fine Art with Wax.

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Jan 15 – Regular enrollment opens