Wednesday, November 20, 2019, 4-6pm

Location: Meet in the Farnsworth main lobby

Facilitator(s): Hélène Farrar, Artist and Andrea Curtis-Southard, Education Program Manager

Investigate the art of encaustic painting while exploring the crow as subject! In this hands-on workshop using pigmented wax and a heated palette we will drip, pour, drag, layer, and explore this molten beeswax paint. The Farnsworth museum’s exhibition of Andrew Wyeth’s Witches, Ghosts and Mischief will serve as creative inspiration as we consider mood, composition, palette, and other artistic choices. In the studio, we will draw crows together and create stencils from them to create painterly works in this luscious ancient medium. A brief history of encaustic painting and adaptations to the classroom will be discussed.

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