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Luminous Layers in Oil and Cold Wax - Saturday and Sunday, December 5 & 6
Saturday and Sunday I December 5 & 6 I 10:30am - 4:00pm
Instructor: Diane Williams and Chuck Potter
Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $30 will be paid directly to the instructors. This fee includes cold wax medium, Arches oil paper, wax paper, tissue paper, Gamsol odorless mineral spirits and two prepared wooden panels.
Saturday and Sunday I December 5 & 6 I 10:30am - 4:00pm
Instructor: Diane Williams and Chuck Potter
Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $30 will be paid directly to the instructors. This fee includes cold wax medium, Arches oil paper, wax paper, tissue paper, Gamsol odorless mineral spirits and two prepared wooden panels.
Cold wax medium has roots in the encaustic tradition, but unlike encaustic, it requires no heat. Made from beeswax, resin, and a small amount of solvent, cold wax is mixed with oil paint to create luminous, velvety surfaces rich with texture and depth. It speeds the drying time of oil paint, allows for beautiful layering, and invites excavation, scraping, and mark making that can reveal surprising passages beneath the surface. Cold wax is both forgiving and adventurous, making it an exciting medium for painters who love process, atmosphere, and tactile surfaces.
This workshop is designed for beginning and intermediate students who want to explore the expressive possibilities of oil and cold wax. We will start with timed warm-up exercises on paper to loosen up, build confidence, and discover the language of texture and gesture. From there, students will move on to two prepared 12 x 16 cradled panels.
You will learn the fundamentals of working with cold wax medium—mixing ratios, layering, texture building, and composition—while also exploring more advanced techniques such as Gamsol reductions and indirect transfer methods for creating unexpected and compelling marks.
Diane Williams and Chuck Potter are painters and educators who both earned MFA degrees in Arts and Consciousness. Their teaching brings together a deep commitment to abstraction, experimentation, and the expressive possibilities of oil and cold wax. Both studied oil and cold wax medium with noted artists Jerry McLaughlin and Rebecca Crowell in Greece and Benicia, California. Diane also studied with Jerry and Rebecca in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and with Jerry in Ballinglen, Ireland. Together, Diane and Chuck create a workshop environment that is generous, exploratory, and grounded in years of studio practice, helping students build both confidence and fluency with this rich and versatile medium.
Websites: www.dianewilliamsart.net I www.chuckpotterart.net
Fee: Members $300; Non-members $350
Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $30 will be paid directly to the instructors. This fee includes cold wax medium, Arches oil paper, wax paper, tissue paper, Gamsol odorless mineral spirits and two prepared wooden panels.
Materials to Bring: Please bring oil paints, brayers, and Messermeister scrapers (available at www.coldwaxacademy com or Amazon), along with any tools or materials you enjoy for creating texture: burlap, bubble wrap, chains, bamboo skewers, sea sponges, and other found objects.
Where: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art; 1210 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael (at B Street)
Saturday, November 14; 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Instructor: Mirka Knaster
Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $15 will be paid to the instructor
Sunday, November 15; 11am to 3pm
Instructor: Catherine Cruz
Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $20 will be paid to the instructor
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Saturday, November 21 | 10:00am - 11:30am
Instructor: Barbara Pollak-Lewis
Materials Fee: An additional fee of $25 will be paid directly to Barbara if you reserve a portfolio review
Six Fridays, November 6, 13, 20 and December 4, 11, 18 I 10:00am - 11:00am
Instructor: Susy Olson
Saturday, November 21 | 1:30pm-4:30pm
Instructor: Edie Trautwein
Materials Fee: A materials fee of $15 will be paid to the instructor
Saturday and Sunday I December 5 & 6 I 10:30am - 4:00pm
Instructor: Diane Williams and Chuck Potter
Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $30 will be paid directly to the instructors. This fee includes cold wax medium, Arches oil paper, wax paper, tissue paper, Gamsol odorless mineral spirits and two prepared wooden panels.
Saturday, January 9 | 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Instructor: Ilah Jarvis
Materials Fee: A materials fee of $10 will be paid to the instructor
Sunday, January 17 | 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Instructor: Mohammed Shamma
Materials Fee: A materials fee of $15 will be paid to the instructor
Saturday and Sunday, January 23 & 24 | 10:00am - 4:30pm
Instructor: Diane Williams and Chuck Potter
Materials Fee: A materials fee of $20 will be paid to the instructor
Saturday, January 29 | 10:00am to 4:00pm
Instructor: Tracy Flanagan
Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $25 will be paid to the instructor
Saturday, January 30 | 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Instructor: Suzy Kopf
Materials Fee: A materials fee of $20 will be paid to the instructor
Sunday, January 31 | 11am - 3pm
Instructor: Catherine Cruz
Materials Fee: A materials fee of $15 will be paid to the instructor
Saturday, February 6 | 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Instructor: Rena Tom
Materials Fee: A materials fee of $16 will be paid directly to the instructor
Sunday, February 7 | 9:30am - 12:30pm
Instructor: Katya McCulloch
Materials Fee: A materials fee of $15 will be paid to the instructor
Saturday, February 13 | 11:00am - 3:00pm
Instructor: Suzy Kopf
Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $50 will be paid to the instructor
Saturday, February 20 | 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Instructor: Gretchen Cion
Materials Fee: None, just bring your preferred method for writing
Three Sundays, 2/21, 2/28, 3/7 | 9:30am - 12:30pm
Instructor: Duncan Figurski
Materials Fee: There is no additional materials fee but students will need to bring a laptop
Saturday, February 27 | 10:00am - 4:00pm
Instructor: Sherrie Lovler
Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $15 will be paid to the instructor
Sunday, February 28 | 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Instructor: Lara Starr
Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $10 will be paid to the instructor.
Saturday, March 6 | 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Instructor: Mohammed Shamma
Materials Fee: A materials fee of $15 will be paid to the instructor
Sunday, March 7 | 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Instructor: Ilah Jarvis
Materials Fee: A materials fee of $20 will be paid to the instructor
Saturday, March 13 | 10:00am - 4:00pm
Instructor: Tracy Flanagan
Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $25 will be paid to the instructor
Saturday, April 3 | 12:00pm - 4:00pm
Instructor: Ilah Jarvis
Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $20 will be paid to the instructor
Saturday and Sunday, April 17 & 18 | 11am - 3pm
Instructor: Ali Vaughan
Materials Fee: An additional materials fee of $50 will be paid to the instructor
Sunday, May 2 | 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Instructor: Mohammed Shamma
Materials Fee: A Materials Fee of $15 will be paid to the instructor
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Fees are due at the time of registration. You may cancel up to one week prior to the start of the class and the registration fee, less $25 for processing, will be refunded to you. Should you cancel less than one week before a class/workshop begins you will not receive a refund of any portion of the registration fee.
If MarinMOCA cancels a class/workshop, you will receive a full refund.
Saturday, November 14 | 9:30am - 12:30pm
Instructor: MJ Connors Davison
Materials Fee: