Encaustic Painting Workshop with Sandra Koberlein

Have you ever wondered what encaustic is?  It's melted, pigmented beeswax! This ancient painting medium is experiencing a major resurgence. Let's bring it back!

This workshop covers everything you need to know to start creating with encaustic including a brief history of the medium, equipment needed, setting up your work-space, mixing colors and safety, as well as collage, image transfer and combining oil paint with wax.  Hands-on work time will enable participants to create up to two paintings.  Feel free to bring things you’d like to include in your paintings:  photos, pressed plants, and miscellaneous ephemera.  No previous experience needed; great for beginners! 

The workshop will include a tour of Sandra Koberlein's Cerulean Collective exhibition, on view January 18 - February 9, 2025

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Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025
Time:  10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 
Fee:  $195 (includes all materials) 
** Sign up with a friend and receive 10% off both registrations.  Use discount code ClassW25 at checkout. 

Sandra Koberlein is an artist, educator and member of the Cerulean Arts Collective.   Captivated by the encaustic medium, her paintings are built up of multiple translucent and opaque layers of wax, offering viewers intrigue and sparking curiosity. She aims to convey a sense of time, order, and three-dimensional depth, capturing fleeting moments of beauty, balance, and visible stillness.  Sandra holds an AA from The Art Institute, BAs in Art and Education from Rowan University, and a MAT from University of the Arts.  She is a certified encaustic instructor with R&F Handmade Paints and recently retired as a certified K-12 art teacher.