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All About Private Workshops..you set the date and the topic

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           Sometimes there  is something that you really want to learn, or you're doing something and something isn't working.  And you know that Ellen has been doing encaustic for 25 years or so, and yes, she can answer your questions. She has been teaching for over 25 years, and was awarded for teaching over a thousand students! Held in my beautiful studio in historic Las Vegas New Mexico! And what are the possible topics? I am beginning , how do I approach it? DO I want to learn about techniques and how to use this ancient medium.. how do you begin with this medium that is 2000 years old. All about color , how do I learn about color? Color was the first college class I ever taught, having studied at Cooper Union, with teachers who also taught with Albers at Yale. To me, color is the essence of expression, it helps to tell your story. And Pouring , how do I pour on paper or panels? pouring was something I came on later in my exploration of this ...
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Pouring on Paper always fun!

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My first show of Pours of Wax on Paper was in 2011 And it has been exciting ever since For a long time, I didn't teach, but now I do! So come and learn from me. One day, $250 which includes all materials No more than three people! many in my old studio "The yellow Cloud"  wax on paper 24" x30" "The Blue Moon" 44"x30" Contact Ellen ellenkoment@gmail.com phone 505-477-1640
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Learn All the Basics of Working with Encaustic

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Ellen Koment will teach you all you need to know to work with this very ancient technique! What materials you need, and how to get them, and then, how to work with them!                                                                                                                 j oin Ellen Koment and for  a fun day of encaustic painting.  You don't want to miss this! This class is appropriate for beginners as well as artists who have used encaustic before, but want to learn more. And remember, I taught encaustic  in the Schoolhouse in Madrid! We will explore the basics of encaustic painting including: making your own encaustic medium, making colors, fusing with a torch, carving into the wax, bu...
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The Magic Line, and all you can do with it

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The Magic Line, and all you can do with it It isn’t about techniques as an end, but at technique as a means toward what you want to achieve. I found the Magic Line by accident, long ago, and have spent many years exploring all of it's possibilities..come explore with me!                                        
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Ellen Koment and Encaustic

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Ellen Koment is the recipient of the LaVendeeme award for excellence in  encaustic education, as well as the 2018 Gottlieb Foundation artist grant..she has been exhibiting for many years, the last twenty five primarily in encaustic wax. See more of her work at www.ellenkomentart.com   and at a number of galleries across the country. You can't find a more knowledgeable teacher! We hope you'll join us! This is the old studio
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Color is always a great topic!

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“It is not enough to place colors, however beautiful, one beside the other; colors must also react on one another. Otherwise, you have cacophony”.           “When I put a green, it it not grass. When I put a blue, it is not the sky.”                                                                                      Henri Matisse                      Koment, from the cover of EncausticWorks12 At the heart of working with encaustic wax, for me, is COLOR, the wonderful range of glazing possibilities. Using transparent layers of various colors to create new colors, understanding how to achieve beautiful affects with a full palette of color, whether it is soft or ...
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The Fun of The Pour on paper!

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     IT'S ALL ABOUT POURING ON PAPER, TRANSPARENCY AND COLOR! Think about transparency, think about layers, think mostly about color and how color will change with another transparent layer on top of it.. See what color does to color, and use it to express yourself. You need to learn to pour on paper, and then learn how to incorporate that into what it is that you do. How do you use it to create the story that you want to tell. It's about paper, and what you can do on it:                                                                    "Yellow Cloud" 22"x30", wax on paper "Black Mysteries" 44"x30" wax on paper "Blue Dimensions" 44"x30" wax on paper Private pour workshops are $250 for one person, $500. for two, or $700 for three Contact Ellen to set a date: Phone: 505-477-1640 email: ellenkoment@gmail....
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