2023
DEVELOP YOUR VISUAL LANGUAGE AND CAPTURE SOME CARBON!
This exploratory class is loaded with informative and fun activities designed to help you create outside of your habitual ways of working.
PARTICIPANTS ENJOY THE COMFORT OF WORKING FROM THEIR FROM HOME STUDIO, WITH
THE ABILITY TO REVIEW RECORDED SESSIONS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE NOTES AND CAN REVIEW A CLASS IF YOU MISS ONE.
SAVE A BUNDLE BY NOT TRAVELING TO STUDY!
SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM TO ENROLL!
Further Your Encaustic Painting Practice With These Little-known Methods.
Work with carbon techniques developed
by Paula Roland for use in her own practice and shared with you. Find your own language with her guidance!
Powdered or solid graphite, inks with carbon, and other forms of carbon may be used to:
- Create a silver-like surface on a panel or paper
- Use inks on encaustic with brushes, pens, and other tools for expressive or representational mark-making
- Create atmospheric effects
- Use stamps and stencils
- Create "carbon" paper transfers
- Discover unusual textures
- Make graphite encaustic paint for mono printing and painting
- Modify existing encaustic colors
- Transfer drawings and photocopies
- Create "skins" with texture and movement
- Learn special effects by fusing with high-heat electric lights
- Research and use other carbon materials, such as charcoal soot, and smoke
SKILLS NEEDED: Basic Encaustic Painting.
Use incising, scraping, oil sticks, glaze, and virtually any technique used in encaustic painting, with these materials!
We cover health and safety practices.
Right image: P. Roland, detail of Cosmic Order, 2022, encaustic and inks on panel 48" x 24".
IN THIS LABORATORY, YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO INVENT YOUR OWN COMBINATIONS AND EXPERIMENTS AND SHARE THE RESULTS.
Fascinating Facts:
- Carbon is found in all living cells and it participates in many chemical reactions
- Many thousands of carbon compounds are integral to life processes
- Graphite is a crystallized mineral form of carbon found in nature or produced synthetically with many industrial uses. Its name comes from the Greek word graphein, meaning to write.
- Carbon takes many forms: Pure carbon is the toner in your printer known as carbon black. Carbon is used to make inks, paints, and steel. Diamonds are compressed carbon
- Carbon, in the form of soot or charcoal, has been used as a medium for artists since the stone age
- Fumage is the name coined by surrealists who painted with candle soot and smoke
- Graphite can be machined or carved, used as a powder or liquid, or handled as a lump, stick, or pencil. In current times, artists use it for both two-dimensional and three-dimensional art forms
Left: P. Roland, Energy Fields Series: "Lost", graphite on handmade paper submerged in pigmented wax, 50" x 31"
MY SELF-DIRECTED COURSE, "DIPPED IN WAX" IS A GREAT COMPANION TO CARBON LAB. YOU MAY DIP PAPER IN COLORED OR WHITE WAX AND USE IT AS A SUBSTRATE FOR YOUR INK OR GRAPHITE WORKS!
SEE THE EXAMPLES LEFT AND BELOW.
"I have taken several workshops with Paula over the years, each of which was very worthwhile. She is a talented artist and instructor. I always come away with useful techniques, renewed enthusiasm and new ideas. I admired her hand-dipped paper pieces, so I signed up for her workshop in 3D dipping and hand-dipped papers shortly before COVID. This was a unique way to work, and I highly recommend it."
~Tobi
"Paula's demos in the class were packed with explanations and a wonderful depth of knowledge she was always willing to share. She spent time with each of us, helping us develop our own work, while encouraging further exploration. "
~ Theresa
"Thank you for another outstanding workshop. Both your art and teaching continue to be a tremendous inspiration to me. You have such a breath of knowledge and it is such a gift to be able to learn from you.
I appreciate all of the planning and work that you put into the execution of your workshops. I had a great time and learned a lot."
~Tracy K.
We give context to works through discussions of carbon’s historical and environmental presence.
Review slides and articles that show the conceptual aspects and beauty of carbon materials used by artists today.
FORMAT: Four live group meetings (2 hours each) on Zoom with up-close recorded or live demos, slide shows of professional artists' works with carbon.
Group Q & As, discussions, and thoughtful reflection about your work from Paula and your peers.
Recordings and Curriculum are available for 90 days from the last class
Right: P. Roland, Energy Fields Series, "Ahead of the Buzz", graphite on handmade paper submerged in pigmented wax,
50" x 31"
Work with Paula
