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NOVEMBER: Going Deeper with Encaustic Paint Workshop

The Studio, Bray, Co. Wicklow, 9.30-4.30pm, 2-3 November 2024, €220

This workshop will take an experimental approach to deepen your conversation with the paint. There will be plenty of open painting time and a focus on one to one support to develop each person’s particular interests. This workshop is suitable for artists who have taken a fundamentals class with me or are already working with the medium.

We will refresh technical processes: surface preparation and indepth additive and subtractive techniques. The emphasis will be on building history, optical depth and visual complexity through a combination of mark making, layering, scraping and the use of translucency and opacity. We will work on a larger scale than the Fundamentals class, tuning into controlling temperature; creating a smooth surface and working with precision.

Exercises and experimentation will help to access the ‘open mode’- playfulness, chance and improvisation. Design and colour theory fundamentals will be reviewed throughout. Equipment and health & safety will also be covered. All materials (R&F paint and pigment sticks), equipment, tools, a handout and cake are included!
Booking and further enquiries: email joanna@joannakidney.com.

NOVEMBER: The Fundamentals of Encaustic Painting Workshop

The Studio, Bray, Co. Wicklow, 9.30-4.30pm, 5-6 November 2024, €220

This workshop is suitable for artists new to the medium or those looking to refresh. We will cover a wide range of technical and intuitive processes involved with encaustic paint: surface preparation; indepth additive and subtractive techniques; compatible drawing media; photographic transfer; collage and embedding small objects.  There will be a focus on creating history, optical depth and visual complexity through a combination of mark making, layering, scraping and the use of translucency and opacity. There will be demos and plenty of painting time with one to one support. Creative exercises and experimentation will expand your approach to working with the paint. Design and colour theory fundamentals will be reviewed throughout. Equipment and health & safety will also be reviewed. All materials (R&F paint and pigment sticks), equipment, tools, a handout and cake are included!
Booking and further enquiries: email joanna@joannakidney.com.

AUGUST: Experimental Drawing Workshop

Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow, 31 August 2024
Booking and full details: https://www.mermaidartscentre.ie

MAY- AUGUST: 194th RHA Annual Exhibition, Dublin
May 20- August 4, 2024 https://rhagallery.ie

Buíochas 11, 2023, encaustic on panel, 15x 15cm

JANUARY- AUGUST: ‘Inherit’, Place|Lab Collective Group Exhibition, Springville Museum, Utah, USA
January 18- August 3, 2024, https://www.smofa.org