Encaustic Art. Painting with Hot Wax. Supplies & Classes
Wether you are a crafter, professional artist or just hobbiest, we have what you need.
The best part is - no artistic ability is required!
Danielle has been doing Encaustic Wax painting since 2007. She has more recently starter teaching this art since it is so thoroughly rewarding.
Danielle started painting with Oil during her school years, and experimenting in every possible form of arts and crafts in the years since then.
Encaustic art is totally relaxing, very enjoyable, and easy to learn.
If you are based in Germiston, Edenvale, Bedfordview, or Boksburg, you are only a few minutes’ drive away.
We do classes from our studio, as well as offer classes at your home or work place. If you would like us to come to you, simply get us a class of 6 – 8 of your friends, or colleagues, and we will happily schedule a special class for you.
If you can’t find 6-8 people to join us, or don’t have transport to get to us, chat to us, and we will see what we can organise for you.
Why would you want to try this:
- Cos it's fun and relaxing.
- You don't need to be able to draw or paint to do it.
- You get quick results and wont make a mess all over the place.
- The materials are cheap, last for ages and don't go off.
- The youngest person I know, who does encaustic painting, was three and a half when she started and the oldest 92 when she started.
- Children find it easy. Probably because no one ever told them that you don't paint with an iron.
- The iron is not hot enough to burn you or anything else. If it was, it would burn the wax and that smells disgusting.
- It is fascinating to do, if you need something to take your mind off other things, this is it, you can get totally lost in it. I think you call it therapeutic.
- Anyone can do it if they want too. All it needs is the will to try.
Need any more excuses? I know, I got hooked the first time I played with the stuff.
When I started playing all these weird and wonderful things kept turning up. I didn't know how or why. All I knew was that it was fascinating. Every time the iron touched the card, the images changed. I didn't know what was going to appear next. Everything had depth and perspective to it, without me even knowing what perspective was. The iron does so much for you and if you don't like what appears, you just change it.
I discovered that the most difficult thing isn't how to do it, but when to stop. Leaving it alone is difficult. You keep wanting to see what is going to turn up next, or just to alter that little bit.....and altering a whole lot instead.
The more you work with wax, the more you find you can do with it. With practice you can even get it to do what you want it to do.
There are no hard and fast rules with this art form. Using an iron and wax is a very new idea, no one knows everything you can do with it. Anyone who tells you they do, don't know what they are talking about.
If you get an idea, try it out, some work. It is a wonderful medium to experiment and play with.
If you like the results - Great. If not - Change it.
Now that should have covered any other reasons you needed to have a go.
If you are interested in becoming one of our teachers, please also give us a call. No previous experience is needed to become a teacher and we provide all the training.
Contact Danielle on 011 828 2674 or 074 179 6769
