By: Victoria Miller
Word Interpretation Through Encaustic Paint
Create an original work of art that interprets a given word.
Students will create a work of art that interprets a given word using multiple art forms including encaustic paint and collage techniques that will fit in with the student’s cohesive body of work.
Challenge and Objectives
What are some of the properties of encaustic paint?
Why use encaustic?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSoeI45Q
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Introduction to Encaustic Paint
History of Encaustic
Mummy portrait of a young woman, 3rd century, Louvre,
Paris.
Detail of a portrait within its mummy wrappings, Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was discovered by Flinders Petrie in a burial chamber in 1911.
History Continued…
House of the Vettii; Pompeii encaustic paintingPunishment of Ixion, House of the Vettii, Pompeii
History Continued…
Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930). Numbers in Color, 1958–59. Encaustic and newspaper on canvas. 66 1/2 x49 1/2 in. (168.9 x 125.7 cm). Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1959. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.
Encaustic Today
http://www.etsy.com/listing/45246743/they-were-standing-in-the-shadows
Dan Rider, Between Darkness and Light, 16" x 16"
Encaustic Properties
Teacher Prototype
encaustic, collage, gold leaf, and sharpie on wood panel, 12"x10", 2014
Student Exemplars
Supplies TechniquesTipsSafety
Demonstration
Agenda: Session 1Introduction: Encaustic Painting and HistoryDemonstration: Supplies, techniques, tips,
and safetySketchbook planning: Begin brainstorming
possible solutions for your given wordEncaustic practiceClean upHomework assignmentsEnd of class discussion
Demonstration: Review encaustic painting, supplies, techniques, tips, and safety
Work on encaustic and collage paintingClean upHomework assignmentsEnd of class discussion
Agenda: Session 2
Finish painting for displayChoose two additional paintings that best
represent your portfolio for displayHang all workClean upGallery walk and class critiqueWritten refection and self-assessmentEnd of class discussion
Agenda: Session 3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayum_mummy_portraits http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/antiquity.htmlhttp://tendimag.com/2012/04/15/domus-aurea-o-sonho-en
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http://arthistory.about.com/od/from_exhibitions/ig/action_abstraction/jm-aa_08_11.htm
http://blackbirdsandbumblebees.blogspot.com/2011/03/mixed-media-encaustic-paintings.html
http://santafecreativetourism.org/2012/07/encaustic-art-play-date-with-sharon-sperry-bloom-july-14-2012/
http://serenabartonsblog.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html
Works Cited