THE WORKSHOP Join fellow photographers and artists for a full day of learning the art of encaustic wax to enhance your photography. Teacher and award-winning and published photographer, Kayla Barker will teach you how to turn your photography into wax infused photographs which are encapsulated with a mixture of hot beeswax and tree sap and enhanced with oil paint. This process, known as encaustic, is one of the oldest forms of painting. During this workshop, Kayla will be sharing the history, art form and steps to using encaustic wax to enhance your imagery.
ABOUT KAYLA Kayla Barker is an award-winning and published film photographer based in Midland, Texas that travels around the world for her commissioned work. Kayla uses film cameras, old and new, that range from $40 to $4,000 as her medium to photograph places and details that inspire her. Kayla especially loves the nostalgic look of film for her work. Her fine art film photography is available for purchase as wax infused photographs which are encapsulated with a mixture of hot beeswax and tree sap and enhanced with oil paint. This process, known as encaustic, is one of the oldest forms of painting. Kayla uses encaustic to fuse together her realistic view of the world and parts of her imagination. She layers and distorts the wax to bring texture, depth and feeling to her photographs and art. Small glimpses captured on film and forever documented in how they existed at that time, Kayla’s artwork is an expression of how she views the world. Through her work, she lets the past continue to live on and evoke emotions in the present.
WORKSHOP INVESTMENT Join Kayla for a full day of learning the art of encaustic wax to enhance photography. The day will include supplies for the creation of six pieces and learning about: history of encaustic supplies and types of wax choosing the right photographs brushing and layering adding texture and collaging pouring and scraping adding color with pigment sticks and oil working large scale preservation and care and keeping framing and presentation six 8x10 encaustic works using your photographs
$600 TOOL UPGRADE Take home the proper tools to get started in the art of encaustic. Tools include: Griddle, Pouring Pot, Heat Gun, Wax Pan, Brayer, Scraping Tools, Hake Brushes
$150 *A 50% retainer is required to reserve your spot. Spots are limited to eight. Remainder will be due four weeks prior to the workshop. Retainer is non-refundable, but can be transferred to another attendee. Kayla reserves the right to cancel or change the workshop date. Workshop is not recommend for women that are pregnant.
KAYLA’S ENCAUSTIC ARTWORK
View more of Kayla’s encaustic work at www.kaylabarkerfineart.com.
www.kaylabarkerfineart.com • info@kaylabarker.com photographs by sarah goss photography