Encaustic Painting 101: Basics and Beyond with Suzanne Bell

Join Suzanne Bell for a day of painting in beautiful Point Reyes. The ancient art of Encaustic painting is a 3000 year old art form consisting of melted bees wax, tree resin and pigments for color. The magic of this medium can be seen as the colorful molten wax begins to move freely creating a beautiful luminescent work of art.

The Basics & Beyond workshop focuses on encaustic safety, studio set up, the history of encaustics along with several painting techniques: fusing with an iron, heat gun, blowtorch, stylus, scraping to discover the layers of colorful wax, carving to define shapes, fun textures, taping for line & design, lots of tools & gadgets, effects of joss paper, gold leafing, oil sticks, color mixing and much, much more. Students will complete several encaustic masterpieces ready for showing! Dress for mess, bring a sack lunch and come to have fun! Please bring a $45 supply fee payable to instructor.

Workshop Fee: $125  + Materials Fee: $45 payable to instructor

Visiting Artist: Suzanne Bell, is a California artist-art instructor known for her inspirational teaching style and her uniquely sensual, yet contemplative encaustic paintings. Born and raised in the Northern California Sierras, she is inspired by her beautiful surroundings her paintings truly come from within and follow a free flowing approach. After completing her Bachelor Degree in Psychology and an Associate Degree in Design and Marketing her focus became the education of others. Suzanne has been teaching art for over 25 years and currently offers classes at Crocker Art Museum, Sierra College, her encaustic gallery/ studio in Valley Ford CA along with a Youth Art Academy in the Sacramento area.

INK.PAPER.PLATE STUDIO + SHOP 11401 State Route 1 (at the gas station)

INK.PAPER.PLATE is printmaking studio and arts workshop specializing in letterpress, woodcut, linocut, relief block, etching, monotype, screenprinting and bookarts. The retail workshop showcases artist-made goods, sells art supplies,  offers personalized art instruction for all levels of artists and hosts community social gatherings.