Creative Art/Painting holidays

The Enchanted Manor

Fantasy Art course The day will include: A gourmet buffet lunch with Champagne All materials and expert tuition and guidance At least six encaustic works of art to take home £55.00 per person This really interesting and creative course will be hosted by the very talented Sue and Alan, They have won three major awards in art and crafts and Sue loves teaching and demonstrating the techniques that she acquired over the years. She guarantees to bring out the creativity in you all and guarantees that you will take home your own original masterpieces. Introduction Encaustic Art Historians claim that the art of encaustic wax painting is at least 2,500 years old and that it was practised by the Ancient Greeks, Romans and Egyptians. It is recognised as being a very durable art form, sometimes lasting even 2,000 years! In museums around the world there are certainly many portraits from those times which are painted on wood. True encaustic painting is a process in which coloured wax is permanently ‘burned’ into an absorbent backing such as plaster, canvas and some woods. However, the technique of laying wax on a non-absorbent backing is today generally thought of as encaustic art. The beauty of using molten wax is that whenever the iron touches it, the wax colour melts and can be re-worked. So you can continue to change your artwork until you are happy with the final results. Please mention islandbreaks website when making enquiries