Join us for Cold Wax 101 with Diane Williams

Cold wax is a seductive medium that offers sumptuous colors and texture. Oil paint is alive with its own life force, or "chi". Combined with cold wax medium, oils take on a velvety, flat translucency. Cold wax 101 is geared toward the beginner wanting an introduction to the medium, and the experience of working with oil and cold wax. We meet for 3 days, (giving time for the paint to set up between meetings) so that we can continue with the same pieces. Cold wax takes patience. 

 We will not be working with brushes. Instead, we add color with scrapers (I like the messemeister silicone bowel scrapers available on Amazon.com). Feel free to bring objects to create texture-such as chains, sticks, stencils, dish scrubbers, etc. I will provide cold wax medium, gamsol, tissue paper, wax paper and objects to use for texture.

Times: 11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Dates: April 28, 29 & 30

Where: Studio 55

55 Howe Road, Martinez CA

Cost: $350

Materials list

Oil Paint.
 oil paints such as Gamblin, Utrecht, Blick or Windsor Newton. A good online source for supplies is www.jerrysartarama.com,  or www.dickblick.com. Student grade paints have a lighter pigment load and produce a less intense color.

Choose a variety of colors including warm and cool tones as well as opaque and translucent colors.
Quinacridone colors tend to be more translucent while cadmiums are opaque.
Manufacturers generally provide a color guide to help determine the opacity of colors.
Be sure to include the primary colors of red, yellow and blue, plus black and white.
Note that zinc white is more transparent and better for creating veils of color, while titanium whites are opaque for covering or blocking areas 

Panels or Multimedia boards
Please bring 2-4  surfaces with suggested size no larger than 18" x 18" each.
Multimedia Boards
 If you are traveling, multimedia boards are lightweight and store easily in your suitcase. They may be ordered on line. http://multimediaartboard.com
P.O. Box 836, Buford, GA 

Palette
You may use large paper plates, wax paper and tape or commerical palette pads.
Paper towels.
Palette knives ( smaller pallette knives-1/4 "with rounded or square edge)and rubber scrappers.

Baby wipes for cleaning

Brayers (soft preferred)

And messemeyster silacone cowel scrappers available at Amazon.com