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Encaustic Art Teaching NetworkT1 Basic Skills List |
| Michael Bossom started his work with encaustic at the very begining of 1987 and has inspired and demonstrated some of the simpler techniques to hundreds of thousands of people worldwide ever since then. A teaching network was first started in Holland in 1992 and since then much has progressed. A couple of years later Michael set up this selection of fifteen main image modules in a effort to pass on basic skills using a progression of techniques. These folowing images and the ability to teach them successfully to others are the foundation of the encaustic art teaching network today. Of course, this is just the tip of a huge creative iceburg! | |
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At the start of learning there is chaos and an open mind. Skill is the development of control and predictability. Art can be the imaginative use of such skill or the keen perception that may emerge during the creative process, where the participant (artist) identifies, understands or "knows" that the artwork is complete - time to stop. |
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1.Chaotic abstract where the painter "finds" forms in the wax without preconception. |
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2.Patterned abstract where strokes are repeated to form rhythmic patterns
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3. Structured pattern e.g. Mandala where patterns are reflected like a
kaleidoscope |
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4. Simplest structure for landscape use no.8 blue green colour |
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5. Zig-zag landscape - natural colour & full effect No.23 Olive Green
& 14 Yellow Brown |
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6. Rubbed sky & added colour harmony into foreground (reflect sky
colours) |
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7. Full iron painted sky and landscape |
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8a. Fabric print of full A6 landscape |
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8b. Fabric print of full A6 landscape |
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9. Stylus scribing tool doodle on a card |
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9. Stylus scribing tool doodle on a card |
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10a. Indirect wax transfer for stones in water with dragonflies |
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10b. Indirect wax transfer for a hilltop castle |
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11. Fantasy castles and path using dragged point for horizon - perspective
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12. Fantasy Scry and scriber. |
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13. Black pen, rubber stamps, silhouettes, etc. - using translucent wax
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| There are 4 basic horizon shapes to learn.... | |
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a) Flat horizon with water rubbed beneath |
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b) Low hills - caused by the rounded shape of the iron's upper edge |
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c) High hills made with the tip of the iron in rounded movements |
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d) Peaks - made using the iron's edge in jagged transverse movement |
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14. Alpine mountains and rubbed lake. |
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15. A5 sized landscape with iron sky, hills, distant trees, water lake, foreground. |
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If you can do all this competently and want to share your skills with others, or if you want to learn to this level, then send us an email with your name and contact details on . We can put your name on our database and let you know of any training is happening, where and when. |
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Arts Encaustic Ltd, Glogue, Pembs. |
