Francisco "Paco" Benitez Encaustic Workshop Day 1

Paco sharing about the history of encaustic painting with wax, which was developed by the Greeks thousands of years ago.

Here Paco begins to apply the wax, using the brush and heat gun to apply the paint.

Using another heat tool, Paco begins to soften and refine the pigmented wax.





 

 

 

 





Another fantastic 2nd Saturday Art Walk

2nd Saturday Art in Action. Kids can make art too!!



A good time had by all at Patris Studio and Gallery on 2nd Saturday.  And some very happy art collectors!

Great Energy Today at Patris Studio!

Artists at work painting and drawing from a lovely model.

Chef Daniel at work preparing fresh pasta in the studio kitchen.

Patris painting on the back of gessoed blue prints to practice quick, gesture painting.

Patris Studio and Gallery--2nd Saturday Art Walk

Urban Sketch Crawl

Urban Sketch Crawl
Sunday October 21

2 pm - 4:30 pm

Meet at Old Soul on 35th Street and Broadway

Bring sketching materials and $ for a cup of the best coffee in town

It's a great way to spend a few hours, drawing with a number of other people who also enjoy drawing. Art generally a solitary activity, and it's a great change of pace to actually make art with other people who are making art.

Another great POP UP Friday.  Working big and working quickly allowed us to free ourselves from our inner critic and just create and express.  We did 4 poses with our lovely model during the 3 hour session.  So much fun!!!!  Next POP UP is Oct. 13.  Next POP UP after that will be in November and we decided to do 3-4 poses during these sessions because it's so much fun.

Pop Up Friday Art Day

Patris working on a portrait during the long pose session on POP UP Friday.  Everyone is welcome to join in when we have POP UP Fridays.  Work on your own project, set up a still life to paint, or paint/draw from a live model.