For this special two-part technique takeaway Cold Wax Techniques I & II, register for both together for a discounted price or sign up individually! (You do not need to take Part I in order to take Part II.)
Date: Friday, October 13, 2023
Time: 2:00-3:30PM Pacific Time/5:00-6:30 PM Eastern Time/10:00-11:30 PM London Time
Medium: Cold wax
In this first of two Cold Wax Technique Takeaways, Melinda Cootsona will demonstrate various cold wax techniques that she uses to develop her paintings. Watch as she creates multiple layers using different tools to build history for her figurative and abstract work.
All of these techniques can be used in purely abstract and figurative (representational) art.
Topics covered will include wax proportions, drying times, support materials, tools, textures and more.
Cold Wax Medium is used with oil paint. There are new Cold Wax products on the market that do work with acrylics. This course does not address acrylics. Melinda will be demonstrating with oil paint and Gamblin Cold Wax Medium.
Date: Friday, October 20, 2023
Time: 2:00-3:30PM Pacific Time/5:00-6:30 PM Eastern Time/10:00-11:30 PM London Time
Medium: Cold wax
In this second Cold Wax Technique Takeaway, see how Melinda uses certain techniques with cold wax to develop figurative art. These methods apply to any type of object and can be used in pure abstraction as well.
Watch her demonstrate how to keep the exiting unpredictable qualities of this medium while still retaining some control to help you define your figures and shapes. Additionally, several techniques to create different qualities of line will be discussed and shown.
Cold Wax Medium is used with oil paint. There are new Cold Wax products on the market that do work with acrylics. This course does not address acrylics. Melinda will be demonstrating with oil paint and Gamblin Cold Wax Medium.
A native Northern Californian, Melinda Lomax Cootsona received her BFA from the California College of the Arts in Oakland in 1981. Melinda has been included in exhibitions at The Bakersfield Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo Plein Air Painting Competition and the Triton Museum where she won an Award of Merit.
Her abstract figurative work, with its use of lines and composition, is a nod to her BA in Architectural Interior Design and the influences of Bay Area figurative arts like Diebenkorn and Park. Her process always begins as an abstract, with multiple layers of shapes, lines, patterns and colors built up numerous times before she even considers the ultimate “subject matter.” Often her paintings depict private moments in a personal life. www.melindacootsona.com/
$40.00 – $75.00
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