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Encaustic Wax on Prints

Lesson 55 from: Creating a Fine Art Series

Brooke Shaden

Encaustic Wax on Prints

Lesson 55 from: Creating a Fine Art Series

Brooke Shaden

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Lesson Info

55. Encaustic Wax on Prints

A look at applying encaustic wax to canvas prints and how that adds value to original prints.

Lessons

Class Trailer
1

Class Introduction

07:25
2

Overview of Brooke’s Journey

20:13
3

Your Timeline is Nonlinear

05:37
4

Using Curiosity and Intention to Build Your Career

03:26
5

What Factors Dictate Growth

08:24
6

Organic Growth vs. Forced Growth

05:18
7

Niche Branding

04:57
8

Brooke’s Artistic Evolution and Timeline

24:27
9

How Can You Get Ahead if You Feel Behind?

10:02
10

Ideation and Conceptualization to Identify Meaning in Your Art

05:54
11

Idea Fluency

10:33
12

How to Represent an Idea

07:01
13

How to Innovate an Idea

07:07
14

Creating a Dialogue With Your Art

05:48
15

Conceptualization For a Series vs. a Single Image

03:43
16

Transforming a Single Image Into a Series

03:12
17

How to Tell a Story in a Series

03:28
18

How to Create Costumes From Fabric

07:20
19

Brooke’s Most Useful Costumes

02:19
20

Using Paint and Clay as Texture in an Image

02:56
21

Create Physical Elements in an Image

10:22
22

Shooting for a Fine Art Series

05:45
23

Conceptualization: Flowery Fish Bowl in the Desert

04:08
24

Wardrobe and Texture

04:54
25

Posing for the Story

05:32
26

Choosing an Image

01:23
27

Conceptualization: Rainy Plexiglass

11:34
28

Posing for the Story

04:17
29

Creating Backlight

02:37
30

Photo Shoot #1 - Creating a Simple Composite

17:51
31

Photo Shoot #2 - Creating a Dynamic Composite

06:31
32

Photo Shoot #3 - Creating a Storytelling Composite

07:40
33

Shooting the Background Images

06:14
34

Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Working With Backgrounds

24:35
35

Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Retouching the Subject

04:20
36

Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Color Grading

02:45
37

Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Floor Replacement Texture

15:24
38

Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Final Adjustments

03:21
39

Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Cropping and Editing Backgrounds

05:25
40

Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Selective Adjustments

03:55
41

Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Adding Texture + Fine Tuning

03:21
42

Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Compositing Models

06:58
43

Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Expanding Rooms

02:17
44

Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Selective Color

02:47
45

Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Selective Exposure

04:04
46

Editing Composite Shoot #2- Masking Into Backgrounds

10:45
47

Editing Composite Shoot #2- Creating Rooms in Photoshop

06:11
48

Editing Composite Shoot #2- Compositing Hair

05:07
49

Editing Composite Shoot #2- Global Adjustments

04:49
50

Editing Composite Shoot #3- Blending Composite Elements

05:00
51

Editing Composite Shoot #3- Advanced Compositing

08:46
52

Editing Composite Shoot #3- Cleanup

03:34
53

Materials for Alternative Processes

06:20
54

Oil Painting on Prints

05:41
55

Encaustic Wax on Prints

03:09
56

Failure vs. Sell Out

05:14
57

Create Art You Love and Bring an Audience To You

03:35
58

Branding Yourself Into a Story

05:40
59

The Artistic Narrative

05:26
60

Get People to Care About Your Story

03:36
61

Get People to Buy Your Story

11:36
62

Getting Galleries and Publishers to Take Notice

03:41
63

Pricing For Commissions

06:43
64

Original Prints vs. Limited Edition Prints vs. Open Edition Prints

02:11
65

Class Outro

01:00
66

Live Premiere

16:14
67

Live Premiere: Layers of Depth 1

04:41
68

Live Premiere: Layers of Depth 2

07:12
69

Live Premiere: Q&A

16:10
70

Live Premiere: Photo Critique

47:33

Lesson Info

Encaustic Wax on Prints

So the next thing that I want to show you now that we have the promise gel on and all of the oils is my encaustic wax, this is an encaustic wax puck that has been dismantled. We took a a knife and stabbed it, broke it apart, and that's what's heating up in here. So this is our encaustic wax heater and encaustic wax will allow you to brush it over the image and create this layer of wax that drives as thick or thin is you want to apply it. It's a really old process that I think makes it look extra timeless and has extra texture. And it's one of my favorite favorite things to Dio. So I'm going to put on a glove and pour out some of the wax that we have heating in here, and I'm just gonna pour it right here. Don't need much okay? And then I'm going to take my brush here and just to place, um, so get some on the brush and go ahead and paint it directly on and you can watch it. I got some paint in there, so ignore my terribly messy pallet, but you can just go ahead and paint paint paint. I'm...

avoiding what I already have their, and you could do it across the whole thing. You can see the brush strokes so you might end up pouring it on or dipping the print in it. Depending on the kind of print you have. For example, you might decide to print on wood or on metal or on a different medium, where you could dip the whole entire thing into a bath of wax, which would create a really uniforms overall look. Or you can use a paintbrush to really streak it on and see if you like it more textured like this so you could go a smooth or as thick as you want. And this is one of my favorite favorite ways of creating is to create this wax look where you're really applying the wax and creating more texture because of it. So those were just some of the ways that I would alter my images by creating original prints. The moment I apply the paint to this, it's an original print. It is no longer something that I could sell is in addition, unless I photograph it as it is, and then sell that as an addition. But this will always be the original print. So it's super exciting to Dio. I recommend if you are going to start to print your images quite a bit to get a set of gloves so that you can handle the images without worrying about fingerprints or dirt. So just making sure that you have a safe way of handling your prints is always really helpful. These particular prints are printed on canvas, and that's why they have a little bit of a sheen to them. Canvas prints are going to take paint really beautifully because canvas is meant to take paint, so that's a great way to go. But if you use a paper or any other medium, just consider how the paint will sit on it, how it will dry on it if it's going to soak into it or not. But aside from that, just have fun playing because that's the whole point of this, isn't it? Is to simply play and allow your images to become something more than what they were

Class Materials

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Ratings and Reviews

a Creativelive Student
 

Brooke never fails to deliver. I found this course superb from start to finish. From exercising your creative 'muscle', demystifying taking self portraits, and showing that they don't have to be perfect before you begin editing, to walking you through her editing process and how to price your work. Brooke's enthusiastic personality and excitement about the work shines through it all. Definitely recommended!

Søren Nielsen
 

Thank for fantastic motivating an very inspiring. The story telling and selling module was very helpful - thanks from Denmark

Rebecca Potter
 

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Brooke for this amazing class. Inspired and so full of practical knowledge, this is the best class I've ever watched. You have given me the confidence to pursue what I've always been afraid to do. Watch this space!

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