Haute Artist

Sunday, February 2, 2014

Revised 01/04/2014

Encaustic Painting Workshops

with Norman Soskel and Judith Barrie

Fridays at the Germantown Hobby Lobby on Exeter

Norman Soskel, president of BluesWax, a chapter of the International Encaustic Artists, and Judith Barrie, secretary of

BluesWax will conduct basic and extended techniques workshops in encaustic painting for artists of all levels of

experience using this most archival of processes. Learn the techniques of painting with encaustic paint that have survived

2500 years and use modern materials to produce beautiful works that utilize the translucency and brilliance that only

beeswax can provide. In these 5 hour workshops, the student will have an appreciation for the safe use of encaustic

materials, understand the historical aspects and materials and tools available, use various techniques that include incising,

mark making, photo transfers, layering and others.

Norman Soskel is an artist known for his expertise in photography and painting with encaustic paints and has developed an

international reputation for unique techniques.

Judith Barrie is known for her watercolors and oil paintings as well as her

encaustic monotypes. These workshops will bring to the attendee aspects of that experience and each person will produce 3-

4 pieces during the day.

Cost: $100 (all supplies, tools, etc. included)

Location: Hobby Lobby Hours: 12:00-5:00 PM each session

1991 Exeter Road These workshops are for adults (18 and above) only

Germantown, TN 38138

Space is Limited so Get Your Deposit in Soon

----------------------Cut Below This Line and Keep the Section Above as Your Reminder -------------------------

Workshop Registration Form

Name:____________________________________________________________________________

Address:________________________________________________________________________

City____________________________________________State______Zip Code__________

E-mail:_______________________________________________Phone: (___)__________________

Please specify the date(s) of the session(s) you wish to attend:

Basic Techniques

____February 8, 2014 ______February 28, 2014 _____ April 11, 2014

Extended Techniques (basic techniques or significant prior expertise required as pre-requisite)

____March 14, 2014 _____ May 23, 2014 _____ June 27, 2014

To reserve your place in the workshop send registration form and a minimum of $35 deposit (for each workshop

you wish to attend) made payable to Norman Soskel to:

Norman Soskel

2223 Wickersham Lane

Germantown, TN 38139

The remainder of the workshop fee is due by the date of the session.

For additional information please contact Norman Soskel, norman@normansoskel.com or

901 230 8083.

Note: Deposit is not refundable.

Saturday, October 12, 2013

Encaustic Workshops

Upcoming Events

Free Demonstration

Judith Barrie and Norman Soskel will provide a FREE demonstration of encaustic painting. This will consist of painting with encaustic paints on wooden panels as well as encaustic monotypes.
Experience the wonderful world of the ancient technique of encaustic painting using modern materials for FREE. The demonstration will be held this Sunday, October 13, 2013 and December 1, 2013, between 1:30 PM and 3:30 PM at the Kimbrough Woods Clubhouse (see address and map below). A few of their pieces of art will be available for purchase.

The address is 2221 Kimbrough Woods Place.

Encaustic Workshops

Norman Soskel will teach encaustic painting workshops at the Germantown Hobby Lobby (on Exeter) beginning in October.

The first workshop will be a basic workshop teaching the history, safety, materials and methods. The curriculum is designed for those who have not had prior experience with encaustic or who want to learn the proper use of the medium. It will be a 6 hour workshop from 12:30 PM until 6:30 PM starting October 25. Attendees will produce between 3 and 5 pieces of art during the day. After the initial workshop, basic workshops will be at the same time and location on the second Friday of each month.

Starting November 22, extended encaustic workshops will be held at the same time and place on the 4th Friday of each month. This will provide additional techniques not covered in the basic workshop. The basic workshop is a prerequisite for the extended workshop.

These workshops are for adults only.

In addition, Norman teaches private lessons, to be arranged individually, in his studio.

For additional information contact Norman at 901 230 8083 or send an e-mail to him at norman@normansoskel.com.

To visualize some of the encaustic paintings Norman has produced, go to his web site: www.normansoskel.com. Two examples are included below. These pieces demonstrate the incredible vibrancy of color and luminosity that can be achieved with encaustic painting.

No prior experience in using encaustic paints is necessary for the basic workshop.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Romare Bearden

Yesterday Judith and I visited the Brooks Museum in Memphis, TN specifically to see the Bearden exhibit which was recommended by our colleague/friend/artist, Annabelle Meacham. The exhibit was far more interesting than I had expected. There was a video with Bearden explaining a number of his techniques and ideas. Frequently during the video we see him cutting out shapes with a scissors and pasting them into a collage, quickly and effortlessly. Incredible!

I've decided to copy the brochure and place it in the blog. I've not taken time to photograph professionally but with my iPhone so the images are often not squared or light balanced.

This quotation was in the exhibit but not in the brochure.

Cover of brochure

Sunday, September 9, 2012

EncausitCon 2012 - Final Days

The International Encaustic Artists' Board and all the committees have produced an incredible conference with an atmosphere of camaraderie and open sharing of ideas that is hard to match. They've spent countless hours on this conference and the results show it. It was a thoroughly enjoyable experience and I have been asked to participate with a lecture or demo again next year. I would personally like to thank all the people involved in producing this event. Here are a few of the images I took over the last few days since the previous post.