Serena Barton

Artist, Portland Oregon

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  • Galleries
    • Oil & Cold Wax
      • Northern New Mexico Series
        • Peñasco
      • Marking Time Series
        • Pech Merle
        • Paleo Winter
        • Shapes at Helnaes
        • Traces of a Child, Running
        • The Veil is Thin
        • What is Not Seen Can Be Felt
        • Whisper
        • Only Connect
        • La Sagesse
        • Unearthed Fragments
      • Confluence
        • Question
        • Stendhal Syndrome
        • What I Remember
        • Door to the Past
        • Last Sojourn
      • Nature Series
        • McKenzie River, 1951
        • Helnæs Bay
        • Like an Embrace
        • It’s a Mystery
        • Ohio Fall
        • Crecer
        • Dianthus
      • Internal Landscapes Series
        • Rich and Strange
        • Sometimes They Help
        • La Respuesta
        • Transit
        • Voyage
        • Both/And
        • I Love Your Mind
        • I Thought You Might
        • La Fenice
        • Penelope’s Loom
        • Light in the Dark
      • Richard III Series
        • Hic Jacet Ricardus Rex (Here Lies King Richard) : Bosworth
        • Hic Jacet Ricardus Rex: A Long Slumber
        • Hic Jacet Ricardus Rex: Reclamation
    • Acrylic/Mixed Media
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    • Book: Wabi-Sabi Painting with Cold Wax
    • Book: Wabi-Sabi Art Workshop
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Classes

At My Studio

Abstract Landscapes in Oil and Cold Wax

January 13. 14, 15, 16, 2022 10-3Supply List:
Your favorite oil paints
Six cradled panels
One pad of Arches Oil Paper 12″ x 16″
One Messermeister bowl scraper https://www.messermeister.com/search?type=product&q=bowl%20scraper*
Two or more R and F Pigment sticks, your choice of color

All students must be fully vaccinated.

Cancellation and Liability Policies

Cancellation at least 14 days before the class date = full refund or you may change to another class without penalty.
Cancellation 14 days or less before the class date = full refund minus a $30 cancellation fee only if the space is filled by another paying student.
No show = no refund.
By registering for this class, you agree to assume all responsibility for non-refundable expenses including but not limited to travel and lodging. Travel insurance is encouraged.
If the workshop is canceled by the instructor, you will receive a full refund.

Should any injuries occur during or as a result of participation in any class or workshop, the registered student agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Serena Barton

Oil paint and cold wax medium are perfect vehicles for abstract landscapes and seascapes. You’ll create evocative renderings of the atmosphere and essence of special places, in intuitive and abstracted pieces. We’ll cover how to choose colors, shapes, and formats for your pieces, using the most important aspects of your memory and/or photos. We’ll explore the idea of complex simplicity of texture and form. You’ll leave with some lovely landscapes, works in progress, and the skills to keep going in oil and cold wax abstraction.

 

$490.00

Archaeology and Alchemy in Oil and Cold Wax

February 20-22, 2022 10-3Supply List:
Your favorite oil paints
One pad Arches Oil Paper 12″ x 16″
Five or so cradled wood panels
Two 16 oz. jars or tins of cold wax medium
2 One Messermeister bowl scraper https://www.messermeister.com/search?type=product&q=bowl%20scraper*
Two or more R and F Pigment sticks, your choice of color
2 palette knives

All students must be fully vaccinated.

Cancellation and Liability Policies

Cancellation at least 14 days before the class date = full refund or you may change to another class without penalty.
Cancellation 14 days or less before the class date = full refund minus a $30 cancellation fee only if the space is filled by another paying student.
No show = no refund.
By registering for this class, you agree to assume all responsibility for non-refundable expenses including but not limited to travel and lodging. Travel insurance is encouraged.
If the workshop is canceled by the instructor, you will receive a full refund.
Should any injuries occur during or as a result of participation in any class or workshop, the registered student agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Serena Barton

We’ll be archaeologists and alchemists in this three-day workshop, digging deep to find treasures and turning lead into gold. We’ll work on some pieces from the beginning, and we’ll dig into works you have in progress, revamp your old acrylic or oil pieces, discovering and creating new treasures as we go.

In this workshop we’ll be using several methods of incising, pulling back, abrading, and scraping back of layers to reveal sections of previous layers. We’ll experiment with mark-making, using solvents, adding metal leaf, texturing, and using additives. You’ll come away with richly stratified pieces, full of mystery and wonder.

Level: Intermediate to Advanced

$375.00

Coloring Outside the Lines

Individual art coachingLearning to make art involves learning to see, moving past the inner critic, and accepting what you produce at a given moment. I provide gentle and inspiring coaching and guidance with both the technical and emotional aspects of creating. We go at your pace and free you to find your own style.

Online Classes

My New Online Class! Abstract Painting with Oil and Cold Wax: An Introduction/Review

If you’ve been curious about painting with oil and cold wax, here’s your chance to learn how to do it! Maybe you’ve had a class but would like to review the tools and techniques involved. I provide six lessons, each 20-35 minutes long, that include:

Preparing your supports

Mixing your paints and cold wax

Getting started

Building layers

Texturing

Mixing colors

Composition

Using solvents

Inspiration

Using collage in oil and cold

Using marble dust and Simple Leaf

Incising and scraping

Using Pigment Sticks and Oilbars

Mark-making

Making quick paintings on oil paper

Transparent and opaque colors

 

Your class also includes a 21-page “handout” outlining what you need to know to successfully work in oil and cold wax, and a supply list to get started.

I have started a FB group only for students of this online class, where you can post work, ask questions, and discuss all aspects of the process.

 

$125.00

Other Locations

Bold & Uninhibited: Abstract Painting in Oil & Cold Wax

August 27-30, 2022

Pacific Northwest Art School

Coupeville

Whidbey Island, WA

Creating abstract art with oil paint and cold wax medium is intuitive, bold, and full of discovery. Your pieces will take on lives of their own through the many layers of oil and cold wax you apply, addition of mixed media elements, and the areas you choose to scrape away.

I’ll show you lots of techniques for adding layers, textures, graphic touches and atmosphere to your work. We’ll do a lot of playful, gestural mark-making to activate the painting and get inspired.

 I encourage you to mix and match techniques in your own way and to develop your own style.

The watchword for this workshop is, “Experiment!” You’ll build up many layers, incise, scribble, scrape back, and texture your work, allowing each piece to tell its own story.

 Register through Pacific Northwest Art School

Registration will be online soon. In the meantime, please contact them through their site or through the options below:

  • Office Hours: Monday – Friday (9am-4pm)

  • Phone: 360-678-3396, Toll-Free: 1-866-678-3396

  • Email: info@pacificnorthwestartschool.org


 

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