Encaustic Workshops
~with Heidi Beal~
Join Heidi in her Studio for an encaustic workshop! Her workshops are power packed with fun, inspiration and support. Come and learn about this exciting medium from an experienced, qualified, and generous teacher who has been teaching encaustic painting since 2007. Whether you are an experienced artist in painting, photography, textiles, or sculpture, or perhaps you've never taken an art class ever in your life...you’ve come to the right place!
PLEASE NOTE, the studio has been relocated to Springville, CA
in the Sierras, just outside of Porterville.
NO WORKSHOPS ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED.
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Encaustic Comprehensive with Photography and Collage LEVEL: Beginning or Experienced COST: $525
This 3 1/2 day workshop is the perfect starting place to learn encaustic painting for the first time or refresh skills you may already have. While beginners learn the fundamentals, experienced students will have the opportunity to work on more advanced projects. We will then focus on integrating existing images with encaustic. Techniques taught will include collage using a tack iron, photo underlays, photo transfers, embedding tissue paper prints, pours, and joss paper transfers. Students may bring their photographic images, other found images or they may use visual materials that are provided. Rather than merely painting encaustic on top of photographs, our goal is to integrate existing images with the wax, creating a cohesive painting with meaningful content. See Heidi about adding additional Studio days ($150 ea)
Encaustic Comprehensive with Texture, Carving, & Mixed Media LEVEL: Beginning or Experienced COST: $525
This 3 1/2 day workshop is the perfect place to learn encaustic painting for the first time or refresh skills you may already have. While beginners learn the fundamentals, experienced students will have the opportunity to work on more advanced projects. We will then focus our attention on building rich texture with diverse brush work, stencils, stamps, and carving deep into the wax surface. On the final day, we will introduce exciting mixed media materials such as R&F oil sticks, shellac burns, wall board compound substrates, graphite, carbon, Pan Pastels, joss paper, gold leaf foil, and so much more. This is also a good time to work on a project and put to practice some of the techniques you have just learned. See Heidi about adding additional Studio days ($150 ea)
Encaustic Monotype (encaustic & mixed media on paper) LEVEL: Beginning or Experienced however most students opt to take the above courses first COST: $525
Using the Roland Hot Box, this 3 1/2 day workshop focuses our attention on printing on paper with pigmented beeswax. One-of-a-kind wax paintings on paper are created by painting directly onto the hot plate, using pigment bars, brushes, silicone subtractive tools, wooden print blocks, stencils, and more. Prints can be single-pass images which leave areas of the paper open, or they may be overprinted many times creating layered depth of color. We will explore working with different temperatures, different types and sizes of paper, creating paper translucency, full bleed prints, prints using separate plates, and cold composition. On the final day, we will introduce mixed media elements and different types of mark making implements. This is also an opportunity to work on projects, hone your skills, and work a little larger. See Heidi about adding additional Studio days ($150 ea)
Independent encaustic residency for advanced students LEVEL: Experienced and have completed all of the above courses COST: $525
So you have the technical skill and just need the sacred time to create? This weekend is being offered to those who want to create their own art residency with Heidi. Continue to find a more authentic personal voice in your art, identify new directions for creating bodies of work, and punch through barriers that might be blocking your creative efforts. By refreshing your creative energy, you will take home a creative game plan for your art practice. This workshop is designed for those who already have encaustic skills and want additional private and group coaching. Instead of being technique oriented, this workshop is content driven. The encaustic studio will be active as we continue to delve deeper into why we do what we do however you may work in other mediums as well. We may take risks and experiment with new ways of working. We may even make some disasters along the way, all within a safe creative environment. We will foster our unique creative voice and receive supportive critique from peers. See Heidi about adding additional Studio days ($150 ea)
Ready to Sign Up? Questions? Not sure which workshops you should take?
EMAIL Heidi Here! Set up a time to chat with Heidi so you can discuss your goals and choose the perfect workshop for you!
In all of these workshops, you will experience articulate demos as well as a personal and professional approach to encaustic painting. Heidi’s goal is for you to learn everything you need to know to begin your encaustic practice in your own studio. Health and safety practices, economic use of supplies, and creating with a purpose provides the foundation for all of Heidi’s workshops. Within a small intimate group of up to 6 students, you will be encouraged to experiment with a variety of techniques, creating sample panels as well as completed art to take home. The “sticker approach” to learning which she developed as well as her encaustic handbook, eliminates the need to take notes! Her teaching approach enables students to focus on painting and having fun, instead of being a secretary.
3 1/2 Day Workshops INCLUDE:
3 1/2 days of power-packed rich learning (and fun!), from 9am-4pm each day PLUS a bonus head start orientation the night before.
Optional open studio time in the evenings
All materials
Generous space for each student, no sharing of hot plates and heat guns
3 nutritious and yummy lunches and supper Thursday night
A handbook written by Heidi Beal which eliminates the need to take notes. It contains technical info, thorough supplier and material lists, and procedures
A gathering party and orientation the night before the workshop (usually Thursday night) with simple supper
Good coffee, tea, drinks, nutritious and naughty snacks throughout the day with open access to the studio kitchenette
Direct access to Heidi via phone or email for follow up questions regarding the content of the workshop, good for 1 year+ after the completion of workshop
“During my many years of teaching, I have come to understand the value of learning and networking that happens during an art workshop. Lifelong friendships are built, amazing new perspectives on oneself are expanded, new goals are set, the professional bar of excellence is raised, and the context of oneself within their art community is better understood. Although much can be had in the studio, often these rich experiences happen over lunch with your teacher, sharing a room with another student, or taking a meditative walk during a break."
-Heidi F Beal