Advanced Tutorial
The beginner’s encaustic tutorial has done well and there have been many requests for a more advanced tutorial! That’s where you all come in. Here are the ideas / sub categories I have so far. Any other categories needed? Each of you are invited to participate in the tutorial. You’ll get your own spotlight page, and it’s a fun way to encourage others who are just getting their paintbrushes wet in this medium! Let me know if you’re interested and I’ll email you some more detailed information.
But for now, here are the categories I’ve come up with. Suggestions? Comments?
Care of your work
Shipping
Building / buying frames
buying wax in bulk
beekeeping
Marketing and Galleries
Photographing your work
Setting up your studio
Heatguns vs paintbrushes
hi shannon,
here is my two cents…
photographing vs. scanning your work-i have found that scanning my small pieces produces a clear and perfectly straight image for cropping and posting.
marketing/galleries and etsy-important to mention as a good starting point and networking tool.
image transfer?
framing is a big one…i have built and painted about a dozen frames…it’s time consuming and frustrating but some larger pieces really need the protection and it can add such a finished look to a larger piece that only on 1/2 inch wood…please let me know what i can do to help with the project.
This is great stuff, Beth. I like your points about the framing. I’ll be sure to include that for sure. I covered image transfer in the first tutorial, so I’ll probably stick to more of the professional tips and pointers in this one and keep beginner’s stuff and techniques in the first one.
I’ll let you know how the project shapes up as it develops!
Maybe we should include a section on “working large format?”
that’s a great idea…working large is so cumbersome. my two largest pieces are 24″x24″ and i thought my arm was going to fall off from all the heat setting!
hi i would really like to learn about image transfer hopefully there may be more artists than just me that isn’t too sure how this is achieved..
Catherine,
Maybe doing skill shares once a month, to keep us fresh and challenged to try new things out!
Covering image transfers would be great in a skill share session. I’ll add that to the list of things to talk about in our first team chat!
I really like the idea of sharing on working big. I would really like to give that a try. So far my largest piece has been 12 x 12.
Shipping! I haven’t shipped my encastic work yet. Tomorrow I have three pieces going out.
How about acrylic, oil and wax. From what I understand you can underpaint with acrylic….is that true?
Good questions Sue. I think Beth has noted these to address in our monthly skill shares. More about that on our forum thread: http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5808203