In this demo, Laurinda will create a painting loosely based from one of her photo references. During this presentation she will show her process and mark making, and discuss ideas about capturing the sense of place she feels from the scene, the movement in and around the scene, as well as her under painting methods. She works quickly reacting to what is happening on her surface as opposed to following the details in the reference and often times lets go of the reference all together. 

This package includes all four demo series. 

January 14 - Interpreting the Landscape with Laurinda O’Connor

January 28 - Create Realistic Skin Tone with Cuong Nguyen

February 11 - Opulent Encaustic with Kelly Milukas

February 25 - Intro to Procreate for Artists with Shane Leonard

In this studio lab presentation, we will focus on encaustic as a remarkable painting medium. Following a historic overview of encaustic, you will be introduced to current approaches to studio setup, tools and health and safety. Often encaustic is looked to for its exceptional mixed media, printmaking, photography transfer, sculpting, or casting qualities - which are undeniable. However in this presentation, the focus will be on the opulence of bees wax encaustic paint. Encaustic’s unique methods of how the paint is applied will be featured, the importance of heat and encaustic medium for mixing of color, how it is fused with heat for adhesion, extended out, and textured. Artists working in any painting media will find this workshop an exciting opportunity to grow their visual vocabulary with wax.

This demo will go over how the iPad and Procreate can be used as a tool for artists across various mediums. Along with the basics of the application, Shane will demonstrate how to navigate the Procreate app interface and how it can be a useful tool for artists - beyond making digital art pieces. Procreate can be used for sketching, making mock ups, or working out painting compositions and manipulating reference photos, among other uses.