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Faux Encaustic with Acrylics:
A 2-week Workshop

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What is it that everyone loves about the look of encaustic painting?  Is it the satiny sheen, the luminous layers, the veiled mystery?  Yes, so why not wax?

Many love the look of encaustic paintings (paintings made with pigment and beeswax), but are not fond of the fumes or the heat and would rather paint using their acrylics.  Without any special tools, equipment or paints, you can achieve an encaustic effect using acrylics.

In this 2-week workshop, students will learn how to get similar effects to real encaustic painting and gain a better understanding of viscosity, transparency, layering, and sheen.  We will learn how to build layers that are partially veiled to create great depth, history and mystery.

Students will complete two 8x8 paintings and one 5x5 painting on cradled wood panel (all supplies are provided).

These techniques may be adapted to whatever your painting style may be: landscape, portrait, still life, surreal or abstract.  And we will explore special effects some artists will use in conjunction with faux encaustic.

Faux encaustic is not faster or easier than wax. In fact, it is a bit more time consuming—but you will find that there are more options and possibilities!

No experience with faux encaustics necessary but students should have some experience with painting in acrylics.

2-Week Workshop Info:​​
  • Cost $125 (all supplies provided)
  • December 7th & 14th
  • TUES AM, 10:30am-1:30pm
  • Max 8 students
  • ​All skill levels welcome​
  • Age level: adult (18 & up)
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About the instructor

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Kristen Guest

Kristen Guest is an award-winning and published abstract expressionism artist as well as a certified art instructor in San Diego, California. She studied Art Education at Middle Tennessee State University because it seemed to be the most natural path: she loved art and she loved helping others.

​Currently, Kristen works out of her studio at the 
Bernardo Winery and teaches abstract painting classes at Art on 30th. She is represented as one of the Professional Artists at Ashton Gallery and creates work for designers, exhibitions and online galleries. Kristen is best known for using various muted desert hues and incorporating a wide variety of drawing materials in her abstract work, giving it a “fresh,” expressive, and gestural feeling. ​

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"Structure and fun is not usually combined in an instructional class, but Kristen does an amazing job at both! Thank you!"

~Jen Klinger
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Art on 30th, 4434 30th Street, San Diego, CA 92116  |  (619) 894-9009  |  arton30th@gmail.com

"An 8,000 square foot, 2-story art center focused on community."

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Sunday: Closed
Monday–Friday: 11am–4pm
Most Saturdays (except for opening days): 11am-4pm
See calendar page for our next opening reception date.

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Art on 30th is ADA approved in all public spaces of the building with a wheelchair accessible front entrance and a handicap parking spot in our back parking lot with a ramp that leads to our wheelchair accessible back entrance. Studios on the 2nd level are privately leased and not part of our public space; artists can apply for wheelchair accessible studio spaces on the 1st floor as part of our Coworking Studios that we offer to the public for a monthly fee  with no commitment/contract (see our Rentals page for more info). 
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