This workshop is for those who would like to learn a non-traditional approach to oil painting or explore oils for the first time. Cold wax medium is an additive that thickens oil paint and speeds up the drying time (a bit). We will use R&F Pigment Sticks (compressed oil paints) along with tube oils to create paintings without brushes or smelly solvents. You will discover new tools and methods for creating rich and authentic small works on paper and Ampersand’s Gessobord. With Arches oil paper as our primary substrate, you’ll have several paintings going at once and they can easily be transported back home. This workshop is fun, a bit messy and will change the way you think about oil painting.
Date
Wednesday, March 7 & Thursday, March 8, 2025
10:30 am - 5:00 pm
Cost
$495
Breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks are included
Students should bring:
1 pad (9” x 12”) Arches oil paper, OR twelve sheets of watercolor paper which have been gessoed and cut into 9” x 12” sheets.
16 oz. can Gamblin cold wax medium
8 oz. bottle of Gamsol (odorless mineral spirits) for clean-up
1 roll of painter’s tape, 1-inch width (I like Scotch brand for delicate surfaces - it is lavender, not blue.)
1 tube of white oil paint, 150 ml.
2 or 3 favorite tube oil paint colors and/or R&F Pigment Sticks
a palette knife or two, for mixing paint on the palette and for markmaking
1 roll of freezer paper OR a pad of palette paper
nitrile gloves to protect hands
variety of mark making tools
Speedball’s soft rubber roller/brayer, 2” or 4” wide or both
a cheap foam paint roller (kid friendly)
1 roll of wax paper (to protect work for travel)
apron or wear paint clothes
OPTIONAL, bring if you have…
silicone spreaders & scrapers
Stabillo Woodies
Pan Pastels
charcoal and graphite pieces
Art Graf water-soluble tailor’s discs
stencils - scissors
thin collage papers
additional Ampersand Gessobords, if desired
pizza box or similar to transport work home
About the Artist
Julie Snidle is a full time artist with classroom teaching experience and a background in corporate training and administration. She was introduced to wax-based media in 2004 and has made it her primary focus since then. She is a Core Artist/Instructor for R&F Handmade Paints and an Artist Ambassador for Ampersand Art Panels. Julie is represented by Canary Gallery in Birmingham and the Kolman Reeb Gallery in Minneapolis, which recently awarded her a grant for their Project Space. Her abstract work has received numerous awards and can be found in private collections and public spaces nationwide. Julie taught at Penland School of Craft, Bennington College for North Country Studio Workshops and continues to teach at many other fine venues throughout the U.S. A native of Minneapolis, Julie currently lives in Fairhope, Alabama where she offers private painting workshops in her studio.