Workshops

I teach Painting with Cold Wax Medium workshops throughout New Zealand.

Please email me if you are interested in attending a future workshop - they are arranged depending on demand. Janet.Mazenier@gmail.com.

Painting with a beeswax medium (called cold wax painting) allows you to build up layers with a fast-drying medium that gives you a surface to paint, draw, carve and create textured surfaces.  Cold wax medium (CWM) allows you to do all this and more. CWM is a versatile medium that, when mixed with paint or pigment can create vibrancy and patina, translucence and opacity in your work. A cold wax painting is archival; due to its unique qualities can be hung over fireplaces and (while not desired) once fully cured can hang in direct sunlight.

More information about painting with CWM can be found at this link - https://gamblincolors.com/cold-wax-painting/. Note the advice from Gamblin that while most painters use panels for CWM, it is possible to paint on stretched and unstretched canvas with the addition of certain products to retain a degree of flexibility, thus ensuring there is no cracking.