Mixed Media With Cold Wax (Online Workshop) Fall 2024 w/ Martha Prideaux
September 17 to October 1 (Tuesdays), 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, Eastern Time
**All sessions are live and will be recorded, students do not have to be present. All recordings will be available to students for 3 months after the final session, after 3 months the recording will be deleted.
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DEMO: https://youtu.be/2YB-wOjJrQg
Workshop Description
This workshop will cover the basics of creating paintings with oil paint and cold wax medium ((cwm). Additionally, the instructor will demonstrate how collage and a variety of mark-making tools can be used to create complex and engaging surfaces. This workshop is ideal for painters wanting to explore cwm and painters who have tried cwm before and would like a refresher.
Workshop Outline
Week 1 -
Review FAQ re: cwm to cover basics such as substrates, drying times, tools overview, etc. Show brief slide show of cwm work. Demonstrate how to prepare Arches Oil paper and how to apply the first layer. Show how to apply a second layer and press texture into it. Demo a quick alla prima painting using collage, and a few other techniques that work with wet paint. Demo an abstract and abstracted landscape if time allows.
Week 2 -
Quick review of week #1 and answer questions. Demonstrate techniques that work well on dry and semi-dry surfaces.
Examples:
Apply thin veil of color with brayer
Masks
Stencils
Monoprinting transfer techniques
Solvent reduction
Scraping
Dry pigments
Week 3 -
Do a a quick review of design principles and composition. Finish demo of techniques if needed. Demo how to make simple collage papers that work well with cwm. Show and talk about student work that has been submitted so far.
Workshop Materials List
Must Haves
Cold Wax Medium (I use Gamblin)
Arches Oil Paper pad, 9” x 12”, 12 sheets
1” painters tape (blue, white, or green)
Palette knives
Oil Paints (it is helpful to have dark, light, warm, cool and at least one transparent.
Good transparent colors to have are: Transparent Earth Orange, Indian Yellow, Transparent Red Oxide, or Brown Pink. If you plan to buy, student grade is fine and a Gamblin 1980 basic set is very good.)
Nitrile gloves (purchase at drug store)
Palette (glass, disposable palette, freezer paper, etc.)
Messermeister Silicone Bowl Scraper. (Available on Amazon or Cold Wax Academy)
Gamsol (Used for cleaning and solvent reduction techniques. It’s ok to skip this if you try and have a solvent free studio)
Would Be a Luxury to Have
An Inovart Pro Roller 4” Brayer (Available on Amazon or Cold Wax Academy)
(Any brayers can be used,..you could wait and watch the demo to decide if you want to make this investment!)
Markmaking Tools that Will be Used in the Demo
(You do not need to purchase all of these. It would be good to assemble a few.)
Lyra Graphite Stick
Caran 'Dache Neo Color II
Stabilo Woody Pencils This set of 6 includes sharpener
Marabu Art Crayons
R&F Pigment Sticks
Art Graf Watersoluble tailor's blocks
China markers
Charcoal