Teaching
Most courses are offered online through Catalyst Art Lab with occasional exceptions. Be sure to sign up for my email list (at the bottom of every page) and watch this website!
Paula’s online self-directed courses include:
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DIPPED IN WAX Digital/Self-Directed Course
What's Covered in This Course?
~ Create translucent or opaque surfaces and substrates by submerging paper in wax/encaustic.
~ Transform found or crafted objects by repeated dipping in wax/encaustic.
~Learn numerous unique presentation options.
~Receive a wealth of resources including Materials and Health & Safety.Contains numerous detailed videos of techniques filmed by Paula in 2022.
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Encaustic Monotypes: Painterly Prints with Heat and Wax Digital/Self Directed Course
Encaustic monotyping is an intuitive, immediate, and freeing process. This. is a helpful introductory course for Paula’s other Monotype Courses offered on Catalyst Art Lab. See below.
- Create an armload of prints and be fully inspired and confident to continue on your own
- Develop and refine compositions and your intentions for the work
- Learn three ways to mount prints to boards; discuss presentation and framing options
- Generate scores of ideas for all of your workIncludes valuable handouts and a guide to the video sections. Professionally filmed in 2010.
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Carbon Lab, March 2024 and repeats yearly.
Live on Zoom
A very different encaustic painting course with emphasis on experimentation and using powdered graphite or ink (carbon) in a myriad of ways. -
Zen, Big Brush, and Expressive Ink Painting/Mark-Making
APRIL 24, MAY 1, 8, & 15 , 2014. Live on Zoom, repeats yearly. REGISTER ON CATALYSTARTLAB.COM
The course takes you from meditative walks, to brush-making, calligraphy, use of the big brush/mop, to abstract ink painting, mounting and presentation of works and more! This is an all-ink on paper workshop where you will produce numerous pieces on paper that stand alone or for use with encaustic, acrylic, and collage.
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FOCUS: Encaustic Monotype Drawing and Mark-Making. A level II course, DATES TBD.
Live on Zoom
This course covers an additive approach to printmaking, learning to make unfettered images, and taking advantage of the many variables with encaustic on paper.
All FOCUS courses offer in-depth instruction and very different approaches to Encaustic Monotypes -
FOCUS: Saturated (Juicy, Waxy ) Encaustic Prints A LEVEL II COURSE, DATES TBD
Live on Zoom
Where you will learn to break the rules and let the wax be wax, learning to embrace spontaneity and develop works that have the waxiness of encaustic paintings.
All FOCUS courses offer in-depth instruction and very different approaches to Encaustic Monotypes