Board to work on:
Mahogany door skin ( 1/8th" )
You can get a large piece at Home Depot or your local lumber store and cut it down with mat knife or saw to 6" x 6" to 11" x 11" Try not to work too big so you can work on new techniques and can transport them back home. I still like working on small 6"x 6" to play with new ideas.
Note: I use the 1/8" mahogany door skin in my work whether it is 6"x 6" or 48"x 96". It can be framed when you get home or put on panels. I can show you different ways to display your work. The mahogany is the most absorbent and the cheapest...thin and light which makes it easy to pack in the bottom of a suitcase.
Note: let R and F Paints know you are doing this workshop with me and they will give you 15% off on your full order of the encaustics and oil sticks
( 1-800 206-8088 ) check out the colors at rfpints.com before you call them and order with the 15% discount)
Encaustic paints:
1 large Encaustic Medium from R and F
R and F beginning set which gives you primary color and some encaustic medium. Feel free to bring more colors
pick out a 1 or a 2 colors ( one dark and one bright) of the small size pigment sticks from R an F... they do have sets of the primary colors, and metallic etc.
Tools to draw into the surface or scrap away the surface...mat knifes and old dental tools work well for this...ask your dentist.
Brushes: I like the inexpensive 100% pure bristle from China that you can get in 1/2"- 4" wide. They have metal on them that keeps them warm as they set on the hotplate. You can get them at Home Depot or most any hardware store in the paint section. Rand F advertise them now as Hake brushes...but they are much less at the hardware store) Synthetic brushes will melt but any natural bristle brushes are fine...
Rice paper, rag paper and linen or canvas no bigger than 10"x10" if you want to learn monotypes
If you want to learn collogragh then bring any of your drawings on paper, watercolor paintings, or photographs done on mat paper not gloss ...or anything you want to attach to the board.
If you want to learn the transfer method then bring laserjet prints done on papyrus paper
We may be able to find some art supplies in Florence but it is better to just bring yours over in case they do not have what we need. (The workshop starts before we go to Florence). You can get beautiful handmade papers and handmade books in Corona. Last year I spent a week in Florence before the class and got some thick mat board cut there but it was heavy to ship back. You can get some in Florence if you feel like you are running out of the wood panels by the time we go to Florence. It is more expensive than the wood panels.
Workshop supplies paper towels.
