Workshops for 2010

Here is my Workshop Schedule for 2010.
I have added Speaking and Show dates as well.
My new DVD is out, so if you are curious about encaustic, or need a refresher, this is just the ticket for you! I teach for R and F Paints , on the West Coast, WaxWorksWest, near Santa Cruz, and independently. I hope to see you in 2010!

January 8 Friday-Encaustic Boot Camp-WaxWorksWest
January 9 Saturday-Encaustic Line and Edge-WaxWorksWest
January 10 Sunday-Play Day- WaxWorksWest
Jan 22 Rydell Fellows Opening Museum of Art and History

Feb 3 Rydell Panel at Museum of Art and History in Santa Cruz
Feb 5-8 Teaching for RF in LA
Feb 18-23 Teaching in Tucson for IEA
February 26, Friday- Play Day- WaxWorksWest
February 27, Saturday-MAH Class- WaxWorksWest
February 28, Sunday-Encaustic Transfer Techniques-WaxWorksWest

March 5-8 Teaching for RF in SF
March 14 Last Day of Rydell Fellows show at Museum of Art and History
March 19-24 Teaching for SDA SAQA Reinvention Conference in SF
March 26, Friday-Encaustic Boot Camp-WaxWorksWest
March 27, Saturday- -Wax on Paper- WaxWorksWest
March 28, Sunday- Play Day- WaxWorksWest

April 15-17-Teaching at Zijeldings inTilburg, The Netherlands
April 27-June 15 Waxing Lyrical at Mercy Gallery,Loomis-Chaffee in Connecticut
April 23, Friday- Encaustic Techniques Using Stencils and Stamps-WaxWorksWest
April 24, Saturday- Encaustic Collage and Embedding-WaxWorksWest
April 25, Sunday-Play Day-WaxWorksWest

May 14, Friday-Encaustic Boot Camp-WaxWorksWest
May 15, Saturday- Play Day-WaxWorksWest
May 16, Sunday- Encaustic Line and Edge-WaxWorksWest

June 3-6 Teaching for RF-Seattle
June 11- Encaustic With a Textile Sensibility/booksigning at Montserrat
June 11-16 Encaustic Conference in Boston
June 15- Teaching at Montserrat Encaustic Conference, Boston
June 18-July Rydell Fellows at Sanchez Center in Pacifica, CA
June 21-25 Teaching at Anderson Ranch in Colorado
June 25, Friday- Encaustic Transfer Techniques-WaxWorksWest
June 26, Saturday- Encaustic Three Dimensional Techniques-WaxWorksWest
June 27, Sunday-Play Day-WaxWorksWest
June 25-27 Luminous Layers: in Lake Oswego, OR

July 5-9 Teaching for RF at Spiro Arts
July 16, Friday-To be announced-WaxWorksWest
July 17, Saturday-To be announced-WaxWorksWest
July 18, Sunday-Play Day-WaxWorksWest

August13, Friday- Encaustic Techniques Using Stencils and Stamps-WaxWorksWest
August 14, Saturday- Encaustic Collage and Embedding-WaxWorksWest
August 15, Sunday-Play Day-WaxWorksWest
August 20-23 Teaching for RF in LA

September 3, Friday-Encaustic Boot Camp-WaxWorksWest
September 4, Saturday-Play Day-WaxWorksWest
September 5, Sunday-Wax on Paper Play Day-WaxWorksWest
September 9-13 IAPMA Conference in KOREA
September 23-26 Teaching for RF-Seattle
September 30- Oct 2 Teaching in Sun Valley ID

October 8-9 Open Studios-2nd week!
October 22-25 Teaching for RF in SF
October 29, Friday-Encaustic Boot Camp-WaxWorksWest
October 30, Saturday- Encaustic Line and Edge-WaxWorksWest
October 31, Sunday-Play Day-WaxWorksWest

Nov Teaching for RF in Jackson Hole-TBD
November 12, Friday-Head Start on Holiday Gift Making-WaxWorksWest
November 13, Saturday-Encaustic Transfer Techniques-WaxWorksWest
November 14, Sunday-Encaustic Transfer Techniques-WaxWorksWest

December 3, Friday-Encaustic Collage and Embedding-WaxWorksWest
December 4, Saturday- Encaustic Techniques Using Stencils and Stamps-WaxWorksWest
December 5, Sunday-Holiday Potluck-WaxWorksWest

Encaustic Workshop for Fiber and Textile Artists

Lonely (detail)
encaustic sewn paper
18 x 48

I'll be teaching a 2 Day Encaustic Workshop for Fiber and Textile Artists
at the Surface Design Conference/SAQA Reinvention Conference
at San Francisco State. The Dates are March 22-24.
The class is limited to 12 students

Also a 3 day Class in April 15-17 at the Zijeldings in Tilburg, The Netherlands.

I always include a talk, entitled Encaustic with a Textile Sensibility during these workshops.

What you'll learn:

Safety
Supports and grounds
Compatability of Fiber and Wax
Creating smooth or textured surfaces
Xerox transfers
Collaging various materials
Imbedding objects
Line and edge
Working on paper
Dipping
Poured surfaces

Here are a few examples:

working with natural materials and wax

dipping fiber in wax

line and edge

collage with text

xerox transfer

Materials to Bring:

Plywood panels, up to 8" x 8"-baltic birch is best
your local cabinet shop will have scraps, and will gladly give to you.

Bristle or natural hair brushes. You can get cheap ones at hardward stores in the paint dept. (synthetic brushes will melt), two or three flat (hake, 1”,2”) or other small flat brushes, and two or three small rounds.. I prefer the split shank Hake brushes. Utrecht has very good ones.

Mark making tools: dental tools, ceramic trimming tools, palette knives, pin tools, etc.

Basic artists tool box: scissors, single edge razors, (utility blades), pencil, masking tape or blue painter's tape, roll of waxed paper (for wrapping finished work), ruler or straight edge, painting clothes or apron.

Sketchbook for notes

Collage materials: xerox prints, drawings, small pieces of handmade papers, small pieces of wire or hardware cloth, thread, yarn, fabric, small metal objects to imbed.

Beginning Encaustic Workshop

Workshops are based on what I have learned by studying with R and F Paints.
The workshop is an overview of many techniques which are listed and shown below.

What is covered in a beginning workshop:

* Safety
* How to make encaustic medium
* Supports and grounds
* Melting the paint
* Mixing colors
* Creating smooth or textured surfaces
* Xerox transfers
* Collaging various materials
* Line and edge

Here are a few examples:

line and edge

collage with text

xerox transfer

Encaustic Resources

Beeswax
Dadant and Sons
Chico 877-332-3268
other 888-922-1293

Damar Resin
Pigment
Sculpting Tools
Douglas and Sturgis/Artstuff
730 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA 94901, (415)421-4456.
Richmond 510-635-8411

Encaustic Paint
Pigment Sticks
Medium
Books
RF Paints
Kingston, NY
800-206-8088

Cradled Panels
Crates
Rodney Thompson
Redding
530-549-4961

White Ground (Holy Grail)
Paint
MediumEvans Encaustics
Sonoma
707-996-5840

Split Shank Hake Brushes
Utrecht
149 New Montgomery St
San Francisco

Paint
Tools
Encaustikos
800-836-8940

Pigment
Encaustic Pen Tool
Sinopia
in San Francisco
415-824-3180

Rives BFK best price
Lenz Arts
in Santa Cruz

Moulding/Frames
Garrett Moulding
200 Coral Street
Santa Cruz
831-426-2020

Students having a blast at Whidbey Studio

This was an August Class at the Whidbey studio. Jan liked the class so much, she came back for a second time, and brought her daugher Summer with her!

Christy and Briget have been best friends since they are 12, and will do a marathon together in Athens in November!


Jan made a really cool cast plaster heart which she brought to class. She painted it and did a lovely xerox transfer. Even Mrs. Lewis, my high school jewelry teacher (who never let us do hearts, would have approved)!

Happy Students Say...

As a beginning encaustic student, I found Daniella's intelligent and careful explanation of the health and safety issues very helpful and reassuring. She capably demonstrated materials and equipment handling as
well as many techniques for preparationand artful application of wax. She has agreat sense of humor which served her well as new students attempted to imitate her deft handling of the tools and materials. Her class was not only interesting and informative, but we had fun learning from Daniella who is not only a skillful artist but an excellent teacher as well.

Sue R. Wilson, Seattle, WA

I signed up for Daniella's workshop hoping for a brief
creative interlude. A chance to dabble in something
fun and interesting. But without commitment in mind at
all.

But as soon as I got my hands on the brushes and hot
wax I was hooked. In the past with any art-making
endeavors, I've been totally fixated on the end
product. As a result I'd been stifling myself for fear
of messing things up! Or doing the wrong thing. With
Daniella I learned that there is no wrong thing. And
that the beauty of art can be in the mystery of the
process and the unpredictability of the outcome. And I
learned to love that about it. And to be less attached
to the outcomes.

Daniella's style is both engaging and informative. She
covered a vast amount of information in a way that was
totally understandable and digestible. So I didn't
feel overwhelmed.

And while I don't get to practice encaustic painting
as much as I'd like to, I do carry a sketch book and
think about it all the time. Someday I'll have my own
little studio. In the meantime, I'll take more of
Daniella's workshops!

Kate, Berkeley

Can't tell you how much I enjoyed the weekend: meeting you, the workshop,
all of it. The energy is surging. Truly, I need to figure out a way to set up and
continue this. In the lingo my kids might use: encaustic rocks!

Kimber, Minneapolis

Teaching at Cabrillo

I taught 24 students at the first Cabrillo Arts Summer program. Rose at the gallery caught me at the end of a laugh in this great photo.