Introduction to Encaustic Painting Encaustic painting has been popping up all over. What is it all about? Come give it a try! Learn the ancient art of encaustic painting! Encaustic is the use of beeswax and damar resin melted together and combined with dry pigments to create a unique painting medium. This paint is applied hot/molten and manipulated with a direct heat source. It makes for a lovely layered image into which objects and photographs can be added. If you've seen a Jasper Johns painting then you've seen an encaustic painting! This class will cover a brief history of encaustic, supplies and where to buy them, setting up, basic encaustic painting including fusing, embedding objects, and creating texture, as well as cleaning up, and caring for your paintings. Participants will complete 1-2 small paintings. No painting experience necessary. Open to ages 15 and up. Instructor Jamie Ribisi-Braley is co-owner of Sweetland Retreat and received her BFA in Painting from Boston University. Some of her encaustic work can be seen at Freeport Square Gallery. She knows all the how-to techniques and is willing to share her secrets. She is passionate about creating art and about sharing her techniques and knowledge. She loves to learn how the old masters created their supplies and how they used them. Jamie believes that once you have the foundations of a medium, you’ll know how to make it work for your voice. $85 includes all supplies; feel free to bring along objects to incorporate (dried natural objects, paper, and photographs on plain paper work well) Saturday, October 18, 12-4 pm Pre-registration and payment required. Call for credit card options – 207-865-1616 or send complete registration including check to Maine Arts Workshop 39 School St, Freeport, Me 04032. Registration form is here. Maine Arts Workshop is conveniently located in downtown Freeport across from the Hilton Garden Inn FMI: 207-749-4451 | 