Virtual Demo: The Versatility of Pigment Sticks® with Lisa Pressman
On September 8th from 1:30 - 2:30pm CDT (Central Daylight Time) we will host the 7th of our Summer Virtual Demo series. Join R&F Core Instructor Lisa Pressman for The Versatility of Pigment Sticks®.
R&F Pigment Sticks® can be used with encaustic but they have an entire life of their own. Lisa has been painting with oil for over thirty years and has been using R&F Pigment Sticks® since they were released. In this hour-long demo, Lisa will show you how she approaches mixing color, glazing, mark making, adding solvents and painting with these richly pigmented oil sticks. As time permits, Lisa will touch on painting directly and indirectly, monotyping, cold wax, linseed oil, minerals spirits, and dryer additives. You will come away with a better sense of health and safety; storage; supports; transparency and opacity; complex color and chromatic blacks; using blending medium; warm and cool tones; and working thin and thick. All levels welcome. There will be time for a Q&A.
Please note: If you are not in the Central Daylight Time zone (CDT), you will need to convert your time zone in order to figure out what time the demo is taking place. You can use thetimezoneconverter.com to do so.
Registration is not required. To attend the demo, visit our Virtual Demo page where you will find the Zoom link.
This demo is sponsored by R&F Handmade Paints. R&F is unique color.
Lisa Pressman earned a BA in Art from Douglass College of Rutgers University and an MFA from Bard College. In 2021, she had a solo show at Susan Eley Fine Arts in Hudson, NY, was part of a group show at The Telluride Gallery of Fine Art in CO, and will be in an upcoming show at the Tubac School of Art in Arizona. She has shown at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, The Holter Museum, The Provincetown Art Museum, Addington Gallery, Causey Contemporary, The Curator Gallery, the Hunterdon Art Museum, and OTA Contemporary, among others. Her work is included in numerous private and public collections and was included in Cold Wax Medium by Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin, as well as Encaustic Art by Anne Lee & E. Ashley Rooney. She received an Anonymous Woman Grant in 2021.
A Core Instructor for R&F Handmade Paints, Lisa is also a workshop instructor for Gamblin Artists Colors, an Ampersand Ambassador, and a Silver Brush Educator. She is an annual presenter and instructor at the International Encaustic Conference and teaches workshops in both encaustic and oil and cold wax media in the U.S. and abroad. She recently founded c2c-art with artist Susan Stover which is a collaborative and creative teaching site. lisapressman.net
Narrative Abstraction: The Confluence of Imagery and Materials
June 24 - 26, 2022, Fountainhead Art Space, Roswell, GA
An exploratory workshop using multiple mediums and drawing materials. Course materials will include R&F Pigment Sticks®, oil paint, cold wax, drawing materials, and more. Lisa will provide demonstrations on techniques, including layering, excavating, monoprinting, glazing, color mixing, texture, mark making, and editing. Students will receive individualized attention with the aim of expanding their own artistic practice. The class will focus on content, how to see, and how to move work forward. Conversations and presentations around contemporary art will take place each day. Some painting experience is suggested. To learn more, visit fountainheadartspace.com/lisa-pressman.