Enhance your encaustic paintings and sculptures with luscious, flowing 3-dimensional surface texture, dots, lines and evocative mark-making. This instructional video will introduce you to a variety of traditional and modern hot tools that add personality, uniqueness, and a tactile, sculptural sensibility to your work.
Discover tjanting and traditional batik tools, the kitska, electric stylus, Wax Writer, hot calligraphy pen, electric paintbrush and more. Learn about the strengths and differences between these tools, technical tips and tricks to achieve success, and an exciting variety of creative effects and possibilities.
This class is designed for intermediate encaustic painters with some wax experience.
Part Two
Safety Information
Surface Preparation
Technique Demonstrations – Tips and Tricks
Part Three
Technique Demonstrations – Heat Regulator & Electric Hot Tools
Part Four
Oops! Undoing “Mistakes”
Tool Cleaning
Conclusion
Part Five
Resource list
Shary Bartlett is a fine artist living in Vancouver, Canada.
Her award-winning mixed media body of work includes encaustic, acrylic, fibre arts, prints, sculptural assemblage, collage and altered photographs. She has been a long-time Fine Arts instructor at colleges, universities, international conferences and retreats and teaches as part of the acclaimed international online encaustic masterclass, Painting with Fire.
Very informative, explained and demonstrated
Ed T.; Review of LUSCIOUS LINES: Writing with Encaustic Wax Tools
Great Class!
Stacy C.; Review of LUSCIOUS LINES: Writing with Encaustic Wax Tools
Lots of good info!
Jane K.; Review of LUSCIOUS LINES: Writing with Encaustic Wax Tools
Good Class, thanks Shary!
Leslie S.; Review of LUSCIOUS LINES: Writing with Encaustic Wax Tools
Such an Informative Course
Katherine C.; Review of SMOOTH: How to Create Glassy Encaustic Surfaces course
Coordinator, Continuing Studies Division, Capilano University
Coordinator Visual Arts and Commercial Illustration,
Langara College Continuing Studies
Ruby Dog's Art House
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Enhance your encaustic paintings and sculptures with luscious, flowing 3-dimensional wax surface texture, dots, lines and evocative mark-making. This instructional video will introduce you to a variety of traditional and modern hot tools that add personality, uniqueness, and a tactile, sculptural sensibility to your work.
Learn about the use and differences between different tools, technical tips and tricks for success, and an exciting variety of creative effects.
Over 30 minutes of instruction
for just USD $40.00!
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Patricia Bottorff
Great info!
Thank you Shary for giving me another avenue to use. Really liked learning about the hot tools and actually seeing them in use.
Leslie Sunell
Good Class, thanks Shary!
This was a helpful overview of various hot tools and techniques for encaustic painting
Stacy Cook
Great Class
Wonderful class. Very informative and the resourses section is nice to have for a quick reference.
Jane Kirkwood
Lots of good info!
Best video on how to use encaustic hot tools. Shary really spells it out so you can see which tools will work best for the lines you want to make.
Ed Tepper
Very informative, explained and demonstrated
This is the most comprehensive tutorial I've seen on using hot tools. It's very well done with lots of information and the demonstrations are easy to follow
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