EXPLORING LANDSCAPE THROUGH ENCAUSTIC & THE MARK with Lorraine Glessner Sept. 22-26 2025 $1275
Utilizing the natural luminosity, textural and layering possibilities of encaustic, participants will experiment with innovative materials, drawings, and marks to depict the spirit and essence of the land.
The mark of nature combined with encaustic painting creates works that reference memory, change, and time.
Daily journaling, meditation, readings and expressive mark-making exercises along with leisurely walks exploring the outdoors in beautiful Santa Fe provide the inspiration to develop ideas for series-based work while also developing your personal artistic voice.
Participants will experiment with a wide variety of innovative processes and materials such as walnut ink, suminagashi, powdered graphite/charcoal, graphite bars, horsehair, pyrography and stitch in combination with abstract encaustic painting on paper and panel. Through listening, mapping, touching, collecting and communing with nature using all of the senses, our body's connection and its direct relationship to landscape is explored and experienced.
Optional individual critiques with Lorraine are offered to all participants.
STUDENT SUPPLY LIST: Students should bring the following materials with them:
Favorite sketching materials (a variety of water soluble AND non-water soluble) Visit my Amazon Store for Ideas
2 to 4 hake or hog's bristle natural hair brushes in 1-2 inch sizes for encaustic painting (1 brush will be designated your medium brush, so it must be free of color if you are bringing used brushes)
2-4 wooden painting panels (your preference of 8x8 or 10x10, but no larger or smaller, please.) (Your preference if you want to encaustic gesso, but nothing coated in acrylic or acrylic gesso!!)
Any tool or material for any technique that you normally employ while working with encaustic
Favorite drawing/printmaking papers only if you have them
Collage materials (fabric, magazine pages, old books, photographs, old drawings/paintings, etc..)
Comfortable Clothing & Closed-Toe Shoes
Paper towel roll
$20 Material Fee
**Please note that participants should be prepared to spend time outside as well as in the studio. In the event that participants are unable to take part in outdoor activities, participants are welcome to opt out and alternative indoor creative exercises are provided.
Sept 22-26, 2025
@ MUSES Santa Fe / 1189 Parkway Dr. #G2 Santa Fe NM 87507
Workshop Info:
Cost $1275 *For this workshop Muses is accepting deposits of 50% with the remaining balance due after 90 days of initial deposit. All accounts must be paid in full by June 1, 2025. Please select 50% Deposit to reserve your spot in class. We regret that deposits are not refundable.
Lodging, transportation and meals not included
All skill levels welcome
Max 12 students
This workshop has a minimum enrollment requirement. Please purchase travel insurance if planning on making immutable travel arrangements.
Please note our cancellation policy: After registration and payment, students have 48 hours to cancel with a 15% admin fee deducted from their refund. After the 48 Hr cancellation period and up until 2 weeks before the workshop begins a refund will be given (-a 15% admin fee) only if the spot can be filled by another student. Please understand our cancellation policy is necessary to properly accommodate our guest artists who go to great lengths to be here!