By: Victoria Miller

Word Interpretation Through Encaustic Paint

Create an original work of art that interprets a given word.

Students will create a work of art that interprets a given word using multiple art forms including encaustic paint and collage techniques that will fit in with the student’s cohesive body of work.

Challenge and Objectives

What are some of the properties of encaustic paint?

Why use encaustic?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSoeI45Q

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Introduction to Encaustic Paint

History of Encaustic

Mummy portrait of a young woman, 3rd century, Louvre,

Paris.

Detail of a portrait within its mummy wrappings, Metropolitan Museum of Art. It was discovered by Flinders Petrie in a burial chamber in 1911.

History Continued…

House of the Vettii; Pompeii encaustic paintingPunishment of Ixion, House of the Vettii, Pompeii

History Continued…

Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930). Numbers in Color, 1958–59. Encaustic and newspaper on canvas. 66 1/2 x49 1/2 in. (168.9 x 125.7 cm). Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1959. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y.

Encaustic Today

http://www.etsy.com/listing/45246743/they-were-standing-in-the-shadows

Dan Rider, Between Darkness and Light, 16" x 16"

Encaustic Properties

Teacher Prototype

encaustic, collage, gold leaf, and sharpie on wood panel, 12"x10", 2014

Student Exemplars

Supplies TechniquesTipsSafety

Demonstration

Agenda: Session 1Introduction: Encaustic Painting and HistoryDemonstration: Supplies, techniques, tips,

and safetySketchbook planning: Begin brainstorming

possible solutions for your given wordEncaustic practiceClean upHomework assignmentsEnd of class discussion

Demonstration: Review encaustic painting, supplies, techniques, tips, and safety

Work on encaustic and collage paintingClean upHomework assignmentsEnd of class discussion

Agenda: Session 2

Finish painting for displayChoose two additional paintings that best

represent your portfolio for displayHang all workClean upGallery walk and class critiqueWritten refection and self-assessmentEnd of class discussion

Agenda: Session 3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fayum_mummy_portraits http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/intro/antiquity.htmlhttp://tendimag.com/2012/04/15/domus-aurea-o-sonho-en

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http://arthistory.about.com/od/from_exhibitions/ig/action_abstraction/jm-aa_08_11.htm

http://blackbirdsandbumblebees.blogspot.com/2011/03/mixed-media-encaustic-paintings.html

http://santafecreativetourism.org/2012/07/encaustic-art-play-date-with-sharon-sperry-bloom-july-14-2012/

http://serenabartonsblog.blogspot.com/2011_02_01_archive.html

Works Cited