the encaustic center
580 W. Arapaho Rd. #271, Richardson, Texas, 75080
Supplies from Lora Murphy's Workshop
Hi Friends, As many of you know, we just held Lora Murphy's amazing Contemporary Portraiture workshop here at The Encaustic Center. She introduced MANY techniques and recipes specific to portraiture which can also be applied to works of all nature. One of the enlightening techniques is painting on unstretched, unprimed canvas. You can then prime with Casein Gesso and use a mix of microcrystalline wax and medium to make your paint in order to work successfully on the canvas. One of the great advantages to this process is being able to roll and ship your work besides being a beautiful tactile surface. Also, the canvas can be stretched after painting, Lora has taken great care over the years to develop the below color palette, recipes and techniques and has very generously allowed me to share them with you.
Below you will find the supply info with a price chart from The Encaustic Center. I don't do shipping but if you are in the area and would like to place an order, please do. I have quite a bit in stock but will email a confirmation back to you and let you know when the items which might need to be ordered get here.
Pics from our wonderful workshop! There are two pages in the album. You can even start at the end to see the amazing results by scrolling down to the last pics on the second page...enjoy! Click here to see the images.
Lora's supply info and recipes below:
All pricing includes discounts and tax!
R&F Pigment Sticks:
Sepia $13.81
Sanguine Light $12.25
Sanguine Medium $12.25
Sanguine Deep $12.25
Quinacrodone Magenta $18.58
Enkaustikos Hot Sticks:
brilliant yellow pale $4.86
light buff titanium $4.37
Cadmium orange $6.80
Naples Yellow Reddish $4.86
Red Earth pale $4.86
Golden Buff Titanium $4.86
Brilliant Yellow Pale $4.86
Chromium Oxide Green $4.86
Cobalt Aqua $7.29
Cadmium Red Light $7.29
Yellow Ochre $4.37
Transparent Earth Red $6.80
Cerulean Blue $7.29
White $4.37
Viridian $7.29
Medium $16.00 per pound
Microcrystaline wax in 12 ounce bars $12.18
Casein Gesso
black Casein Gesso 4 oz gesso $7.80
white Casein Gesso 16 oz gesso $19.50
From Lora:
Drawing
The R&F pigment stick colors are
Sepia , ( darkest )
Sanguine light, med, dark
Quinacrodone magenta
Brown pink is also a gorgeous colour
Painting
Enkaustikos Hot Stick colors
Midtones
Here are my midtone recipes. Put a little medium on the palette first and then slowly add the encaustic paint (hot sticks). Mix well and constantly check your colours on a white surface too.
Cool halftone
White 6 parts
Yellow ochre 1.5 parts
Viridian 1 part
Cadmium red light speck
Medium 20 parts
Midtones warm
Warm transition halftone (where the light turns the form .. Between shadow and light )
White 6 parts
Cadmiun red light 1 part
Yellow ochre 1 part
Chrome oxide green 1/2 part
Cadmium orange 1/2 part
Medium 20 parts
Shadows
Generally you want thin , transparent shadows. More purple and blues in the eye area and a greenish umber cast in the lower third of the face .
Dark warm
Transparent oxide red 3 parts
White 2 parts
Viridian 2 parts
Cadmium orange 1.5 parts
Medium 20 parts
Dark
Transparent red oxide 4 parts
Viridian 3 parts
Cadmium orange 1.5 parts
Medium 20 parts
Estimate and adjust with all of these formulas for tone and color variation. Its not an exact science :)
I mix the Enkaustikos light colours with medium and microcrystalline 1/3 each .
To warm add cadmium red light OR yellow ochre ..a very little at a time
To darken , add a little of the some of the midtone mixes
To lighten , add white or brilliant yellow pale
To cool , add cereuleun blue .
I add a little cereleun blue and yellow ochre to the Sienna pink and Red earth pale .
I add viridian to the buff titanium and this is a great reflected light colour .
Add a touch of cadmium orange to brighten up a dull passage
Using microcrystalline ,
Mix microcrystalline and medium in equal parts but can be adjusted . Can be used on canvas but first prime with Sinopiaa Caesin Gesso.
You must experiment with these formulas as all paints are different. But these are a good guideline .
Happy painting , cheers , Lora
Bonny Leibowitz
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The Encaustic Center
580 W Arapaho Rd. #271
Richardson, TX. 75080