Art: encaustic 'hot wax' art courses

Courses run weekdays only - Monday to Friday 10am - 6pm. Contact Phil to book a time to suit you. During the workshop you will learn the techniques of encaustic wax painting. Phil will demonstrate and show you how to use this fantastic medium and you will produce several wax paintings which are yours to keep. By the end of the day you will be able to use the tools of encaustic wax painting to produce your own work. Fantasy castles, unbelievable abstracts, fabulous flowers, landscapes, cityscapes even figurative work...

This encaustic art course is suitable for beginners and improvers. It's a wonderful vivid artform and great to produce quick pictures as well as adding to your art palette. I also love using it for card making. We will look at the wonder of painting with molten wax, using an iron and heated stylus. Students will be shown several techniques to get started, and then we will work on abstracts and landscapes as well as using the heated stylus to create more detail. Encaustic art is fabulous for beginners and...

These workshops run regularly every third Saturday of the month. They've been running for over 5 years so lots of techniques have been learnt. These workshops are relaxing and we have regular attendees and also people that pop in now and again. We welcome newcomers at any time.

This session focusses on the technique of photo-encaustic. This is particularly of interest to those people who may have already attended my Contemporary Encaustic Wax Workshop (but not a pre-requisite), and who wish to progress creating photographic based encaustic artwork. The importance of creating a smooth and even surface upon which to embed imagery is vital on this one day workshop, and we will spend some time honing this skill. There are two main methods of creating a photo-encaustic painting. Transposing the printed image to the surface on paper and...

Learn encaustic art techniques with an experienced artist and tutor. You will not believe how creative you are until you try this workshop... Fantasy castles, unbelievable abstracts, fabulous flowers, landscapes - all this and more awaits! This course is available Monday to Friday 10am - 6pm. Contact Phil to book a time and date to suit you. NB This course is for a minimum of two people @£35 each. (Individual taster session is £60). Suitable for everyone, an experience not to be missed and you will have fun - what's...

EncausticHouse is an online course platform where Encaustic Art is the focus of learning. The House is a community with a social interface so learners on the same courses can communicate and discuss if they choose to. Encaustic Art is focused on learning the basics of using the iron to melt waxes, create abstracts, patterns, landscapes, fantasy images, use with stamps and interweave with your own existing creative interests and skills. It's a lot of fun and creativity can be quite unexpected. You don't need to be able to paint...

New for 2020. For anyone who already has some experience of painting with Encaustic wax. Perhaps you have already enjoyed my Introductory or photo-Encaustic days? Or have been working with encaustic on smaller pieces and want the space and breadth of materials to expand your ideas? On this Studio day, you have the choice of painting on a larger panel (approx 60cm x 45cm) or a smaller triptych (three panels approx 15cm x 45cm each). I will be on hand to advise, but essentially this day is about you being...

Improving Landscapes in Encaustic Art is focused on developing the BASIC simple landscape cards into more advanced landscape forms. It is availalbe in English(uk) and Dutch languages. Only 6 images are covered, so it doesn't take too much time to complete, but these images will help you understand and practice the concepts of enhanced depth and dimension within your landscape work. The course is intended to help you be more successful in representing and painting creations of your own familiar landscape - the place in which live and landscape shapes...