Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch: Encaustic Collage Workshop

Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch's fast, fun, and inexpensive methods break down the barriers to working in encaustic.

In this video workshop Seggebruch leads you through three encaustic collage projects using dozens of creative methods and materials. You'll start with low-cost supplies from stores you visit every week and incorporate techniques from collage, scrapbooking, painting, and other media that make you feel at home.

Seggebruch's in-depth discussion of materials makes this workshop friendly for complete beginners. From mixing medium to hanging your frame, she covers all the bases.

Seggebruch adds color with oil paint, powders, and paper and creates three-dimensional features by incising and embedding objects. You'll use extensive layering to control color, enhance design, and correct mistakes. And you'll take a walk on the wild side with bonus clips featuring Patricia's exciting and unpredictable burned shellac technique.

Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch's fast, fun, and inexpensive methods break down the barriers to working in encaustic. In this video workshop Patricia leads you through three encaustic collage projects using dozens of creative methods and materials.

You'll start with low-cost supplies from stores you visit every week and incorporate techniques from collage, scrapbooking, painting, and other media that make you feel at home. Patricia's in-depth discussion of materials makes this workshop friendly to complete beginners.

From mixing medium to hanging your frame, she covers all the bases. Patricia adds color with oil paint, powders, and paper and creates three-dimensional features by incising and embedding objects. You'll use extensive layering to control color, enhance design, and correct mistakes. And you'll take a walk on the wild side with bonus clips featuring Patricia's exciting and unpredictable burned shellac technique.

Add a new layer to your art experience in Encaustic Collage Workshop with Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch.

BONUS CLIP1: Embedding String

In this demonstration mixed media artist Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch embeds string in natural beeswax to create a background for an encaustic collage. You learn to layer string to create depth in your collage and buff the finished piece to remove blooms and make your work shine. You can use the same technique to embed almost any object in an encaustic painting.

BONUS CLIP2: Shellac Burn

In these bonus clip from her video, Encaustic Collage Workshop, mixed media artist Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch teaches you to create intricate, unpredictable backgrounds for collage by setting your work on fire. Patricia coats her boards in shellac and burns them with a propane torch to produce organic texture effects. You learn to mix the shellac with pigments and metallic powder to vary the look of your backgrounds and how to control the burned effect by drying your shellac before igniting it.