She is recognized for innovative techniques, and is coauthor of cold wax medium. I incise, scribble, and scrape back, allowing each piece to tell its own story. Any moderate percentage i receive is used to support creating video tutorials. It affords the opportunity to show a history of the painting by building up layers, obscuring whats beneath and removing parts of layers to reveal bits of past layers. Rebecca crowell is an american abstract artist known for rich, complex surfaces created with cold wax medium and oil paint. I just checked and gamblins cold wax is beeswax, mineral oil and alkyd, so id guess it behaves much the same and its probably where i got the idea for beeswax and mineral oil. In this guide, youll learn how to use this incredibly malleable mediumin combination with oil paint and other mediumsto add layers of texture, atmosphere, depth and meaning to your paintings while developing a more intuitive artistic voice. Learn what rules you can break when combining cold wax with oils and what special benefits namely, amazing texture come with incorporating this medium into your studio process. The combination of cold wax and authentic encaustic opens a whole new horizon of possibilities. But crowell and mclaughlin, both artists with extensive involvement with cold wax as a medium, noticed increased interest in it recently. Cold wax techniques in mixed media sharyn binam 2015 cold wax is a substitute for encaustic wax. Here you will find our exclusive custommade tools and our awardwinning, comprehensive book. Artist jerry mclaughlin writes the book on cold wax as a medium. Cold wax book by rebecca crowell and jerry mclaughlin, squeegee press.
This short video shows you the breadth of work, techniques, images, and content in our cold wax book. Buy gamblin cold wax oil painting medium 4oz jar online at low price in india on. Illustrated techniques for combining cold wax medium with oils, dry pigments. Open to its midpoint and spread out on the table, rebecca crowell and jerry mclaughlins newly released bookcold wax medium. My friend has this book and the quality of hers is far superior to this edition. Cold wax is a perfect vehicle for artists wishing to explore this aesthetic. Buy gamblin cold wax oil painting medium 4oz jar online at. Subscribe to kims channel to receive notifications of her newest videos. Apr 18, 2018 this is part one of a demonstration on working with oil and cold wax these are affiliate links.
We founded squeegee press and sp create cold wax tools to bring the joy and creativity of cold wax medium to artists around the world. You can use cold wax paint over pieces on paper, cardstock, watercolor paper, bristol board, digital images, etc. People often think of cold wax with oil paint but thats only part of it. Cold wax speeds up drying time of oil paint and increases the paints workability.
Cold wax medium is a paste that is combined with oil paint. Formulated to knife consistency, cold wax medium makes oil colours thicker and more matte. A selection of colorful abstract paintings in oil and cold wax created by bel. It also provides comprehensive information for those new to cold wax mixed with oil paints, as well as technical expertise and inspiration to those with experience with the medium. Jul 06, 2016 the title of the book is cold wax medium. Cold wax medium is a dense paste, it is excellent in creating a variety of textures within a painting. Now in its 2nd print and the winner of two international book awards, cold wax medium. I purchased the book for the hands on practical information regarding the incorporation of cold wax painting mediums with oil paint. The manipulation of cold wax as an artistic tool is hardly new. Adding body, texture and transparency to your art barton, serena on. Cold wax gives the oil paint a creamy texture that can be spread on a painting like butter. She is an annual presenter and instructor at the international encaustic conference in provincetown, ma and teaches workshops in both encaustic and oil and cold wax mediums throughout the u.
More than just a technical guide, this 320page, fully illustrated book provides comprehensive information for those who are new to cold wax, as well as technical expertise and inspiration to those already using the medium. I cover materials, supports, opacity and transparency of paint, layering, texture, composition and finishing a painting. Cold wax book now in its 2nd printing and winner of two international book awards, cold wax medium. Try different proportions of wax and oil paint to see which combination you like the best. Because there is no heating involved, it is an inexpensive, versatile and portable alternative. This workshop is for artists who already have a foundation in painting, who understand composition and color and who want to learn a new medium. I used student grade oil paint from michaels or any other craft store. Warming up over cold wax art see what this medium can do. Cold wax is not encaustic medium or process all things. Gamblins cold wax medium is made from naturally white, pure beeswax.
Squeegee press sp create cold wax tools books videos. Oil paint and cold wax painting demonstration by kim sobat. It does not require heating and thus produces no odors or toxic fumes. A debut book demonstrates the artistic use of cold wax. This example shows applying the cold wax mixture over digital images and the triangle stamped areas.
I am a featured, guest artist in this wonderful and informative book about painting with cold wax medium published by north light books. Youll also find high shine topcoat, for that extra shiny final finish. My gift to you 2 printable posters in pdf file format print them and hang in your office, on your fridge, or anywhere you like fill in the form below and watch your inbox. Mar 26, 2019 i love to use cold wax mixed with my oil paintings. The was much information pertaining to the actual manipulation of the medium, useful tools, additives and substrate materials depending upon ones personal interests and creative approach. Apr 20, 2018 cold wax medium is wax that has been combined with a solvent such as turpentine or alkyd resin. This was more of a test to see if i liked the effect rather than anything serious.
Cold wax medium can be used to make gamblin mediums and gamvar more matte. Explore dozens of markmaking techniques with a variety of tools, most of which can be found in your kitchen or junk drawer. Nov, 2017 see what cold wax is really made of, how to use itand what not to do with it. Illustrated techniques for combining cold wax medium with oils, dry pigments, and other materials to create a wide range of effects. From the artists who wrote the book on cold wax medium, jerry mclaughlin.
See more ideas about painting, encaustic art and wax art. I may use oil bars, graphite crayons, graphite powder, marble dust, or sand to add marks, body, or texture. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. Its also totally different than anything youve ever. Using cold wax medium for sizing panels requires some time to dry but you get rid of the tedious pinholes and bubbles that appear sizing wooden panels with encaustic medium. Its also great to seal acrylic or watercolor paintings. I found that i could take old work and apply layers of cold wax to make the work more exciting and rich. Always innovating, we offer holy grail encaustic gesso, the first gesso made to be absorbent for wax, available in many colors. And smells very nice with no harmful fumes like encaustic see more ideas about art, abstract and painting. Evans encaustics paint sticks are the most heavily pigmented encaustic paint. In its own way, cold wax painting blurs the line between oil painting and. I will share with you the cold wax medium oil techniques, tools and studio set up i use to increase my momentum and productivity. Rebecca crowell and jerry mclaughlin founded squeegee press to bring the joy and creativity of cold wax medium to artists through books, videos, workshops, tools, and artist mentoring.
Curious about the bonus material in our cold wax book. Dec 07, 2015 painting demonstration by kim sobat using oil paint and cold wax from beginning to end. Step by step art techniques to create cold wax paintings. It has a short characteristic and gives a clean break off of the brush or knife, retaining the sharp peaks of impasto. Powerful design and personal color artist course art and. In this guide, youll learn how to use this incredibly malleable mediumin combination with oil paint and other mediumsto add layers of texture, atmosphere, depth. Wabisabi painting with cold wax by serena barton, north light books. Our cold wax video workshop is now available for immediate download and viewing. Lisa pressman artist painting with oil, cold wax and encaustic.