Encaustic Printmaking Without a Press Workshop with Leslie Giuliani (Saturday, July 26 & Sunday, July 27, 10am to 3pm)

July 26 & 27 | 10am – 3pm

Location: Washington Art Association’s General Studio

No-Press Needed: Printmaking with Encaustic and Pigment Sticks on Encaustiflex 

$10 Materials Fee, Payable to Instructor

In this workshop, artists will learn various techniques of Encaustic printmaking on the heated palette using oil-based Pigment Sticks as our ink. Also covered will be aspects of color mixing and layering to get luminous, complex, multi-layered prints and paintings. We will work on Encaustiflex, an absorbent microfiber paper that holds lots of paint layers. No press is required so you can take these techniques right back to your studio. Having a variety of printmaking techniques at hand allows you to never be at a loss for something to get you going in the studio. Just build and layer. All levels are welcome.

 

Techniques include:

Suminagashi Marbling

Collagraph Prints

Monotypes on the Palette

Trace Monotypes

Relief Prints

Stencils and Masks

Gel Press Plates

Pigment Sticks with Encaustic

Laser and Xerox Transfers

Layered Encaustic Stamps

Machine-Sewing on Prints

 

Class structure

We will first learn about how to begin a monotype with dry media, suminagashi marbling and encaustic monoprinting directly on the heated palette. We will then add printmaking techniques, including using R&F Pigment Sticks oil paint as our ink, building layers of visual complexity. We will then work on resolving our pieces into fully realized artworks.

 

Skills

Extensive monoprinting techniques. color mixing and layering, artist material and tool exploration, resolving a complex artwork