SUPPLY LIST

These supplies are optional and just suggestions. You can show up with just panels and be just fine.

-Apron or big shirt
-Pen or pencil and paper or sketch book for notes
-Water and snacks
-Bag lunch or money for lunch
-Materials for collaging (some collage material will be available)examples: old or new photos, pressed flowers or leaves ,rice paper or specialty papers, old dress patterns, color copies, gold leaf, buttons, etc.
-Any tools for carving into the waxpencils, nails, ceramic or dental tools
-Metal objects to melt into the waxkitchen tools, old printing press letters.
-Oil sticks, paints or oil pastels which you are curious about combining with wax.

Most Important:
6 or 8 panels to work on. Remember to look for surfaces that are RIGID, ABSORBENT, HEAT RESITANT!
Good choices include:

--small pieces of plywood, scraps from a cabinet shop or carpenter3/8” thick (6x6 thru 12x12)5/8” thick (10x10 thru 16x16) thicker plywood can be used up to 24x24.

--American Easel makes a plain wood panel. Any of their panels from 7/8” deep to the thick 2” deep panels work great! Blick Art carries these also.

--Ampersand Encausicbord is a new product from Ampersand made in collaboration with R&F Handmade Paints. Made with the highest grades of engineered wood and an encaustic-specific gesso, this extremely stable encaustic support is the Cadillac of panels! Look for sales on Ampersand products from your favorite mail order catalog.

--You can prime wood with R&F Encaustic Gesso (acrylic gesso does not work!) if you would like to begin with a white ground.
--Suggested sizes are 8x10, 10x10, 12x12, 11x14.