Abstraction with oil and cold wax with Lisa Pressman
Medium: Oil & Cold Wax
Level: All Levels
Location: Studio
Status: Open For Enrollment
June 15 – 21, 2025
Hudson River Valley Art Workshops, Greenville, NY
Over the course of this workshop, Lisa will work to expand your personal vocabulary and vision through a series of exercises based on the various ways of learning using markmaking and mixed media. The language of art will be revisited: composition, color, tension and space, and scale will all be discussed. Focus areas will include content, how to see, and personal color. Participants will be encouraged to work in a series, while revisiting the painting process.
Demonstrations include using various painting tools, drawing with cold wax, mixing paint and color, building layers, excavating, mono-printing, glazing, mark making and texture possibilities. Students will be introduced to R&F Pigment Sticks, pastel, solvents, and other materials.
Group and individual critiques will address the formal elements and most importantly everyone’s unique approach to their paintings. Artists are encouraged to focus on their own inspirations, source materials and processes. The heart of this workshop is the individual participant’s personal voice within the context of abstraction.