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| Hillary demonstrating fusing. |
Lost Techniques of
the Ancients- Encaustic Painting
Workshop: June 14th & 15th, 2014
Location: Sonoma Academy
2500 Farmers Lane, Santa Rosa, CA
Cost: $350 I will supply all paints, mediums,
waxes, heating equipment, fusing tools and misc. supplies. You bring the
surfaces to paint on. Pre-registration is required and the workshop needs a minimum of
six students to run.
Skill level: beginning - advanced
The Ancient Encaustic Process
The
ancient Greeks first practiced encaustic painting. The oldest examples are
mummy portraits found in Ancient Egypt painted during the Roman Empire. Today
there are many contemporary artists working with wax. In this workshop you will
get to experiment with different processes to create one or more contemporary
pieces as well as a portrait in the ancient tradition.
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| Student working on a fresco. |
Lost Techniques of the Ancients- Fresco
Painting
Workshop: August 2nd & 3rd, 2014
Location: Sonoma Academy, 2500 Farmers Lane, Santa Rosa, CA
Cost: $500. All supplies included. Tools,
mortar, boards, paint and brushes will be provided. (It is recommend however to
bring your own favorite brushes.) Pre-registration is required and the workshop
needs a minimum of five students to run. Skill
level: some art experience recommended through advanced.
The Ancient
Fresco Process
Fresco
painting is the act of taking hand ground pigments and water and applying them
to mortar, a wet plaster surface made of a mixture of lime and sand. In this
workshop you will be creating one portable fresco based on an ancient work or
your own design. You will learn how to grind and prepare your own pigments, and
prepare the intonaco (a lime and sand surface on cement board).
Frescoes
are one of the most archival of all painting techniques and have lasted
thousands of years.
Instructor Bio
In
1995, Hillary Younglove received a grant to paint in Florence, Italy for a year
at Studio Art Centers International. During this period she learned the fresco
technique and in 1996 started painting with encaustics. In 2010, Hillary
received a Fulbright to study the classics at the American Academy in Rome,
deepening her knowledge of these ancient techniques, which led to the
development of the course, “Lost Techniques of the Ancients” for which she is
currently writing a book.
The
course that is being offered is an adaptation of the class she currently
teaches at Sonoma Academy where she is head of the arts program. In addition to
teaching at Sonoma Academy, Hillary has taught for several years at the Academy
of Art University in San Francisco, Berkeley and UC Santa Barbara extension
classes. Her work has been shown both nationally and internationally. Published
work includes: the New York Times, Atlantic Records, Essence Magazine, Corriere
della Serra, Random House, Barnes & Noble Publishing, Warner Brothers
Records and numerous other publications.
Hillary has a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, and an MA from New York University.
Please
contact Hillary Younglove at Hillary.younglove@sonomaacademy.org for a full description of the
course and registration. I look forward
to seeing you this summer!
Sonoma
Academy, 2500 Farmers Lane, Santa Rosa, CA 95404, (707) 545-1770
www.sonomaacademy.org
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| Student carving the wax. |
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| Student building texture with wax. |
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