Busy as a Bee Spending Time with my NEW Love: Encaustic Monotypes!

For the last month I have been PLAYING in the studio with a new technique: encaustic monotype! I cannot stop! It's immediate (gratification), spontaneous, NOT labor intensive and requires only one heated griddle...

And I LOVE working on paper. I have not had the pleasure of working on paper since my pastel landscape days. I am printing on ANYTHING I can get my hands on (and already have in the studio): BK Rives, rice paper, mulberry paper, inkjet printable cotton and some "unknowns".

I am usually able to complete several prints in less than an hour. I love that hey relate to each other because of the ghost prints (pulling a second print while there is still a trace of the encaustic paint left on the heated plate). I am working with R & F bars of encaustic paint, Enkaustikos Hot Sticks and Wax Snaps. And in true JonesMoore style, I am throwing a little mixed media onto the prints: graphite, oil pastels, charcoal and several brands of water soluble sticks, such as Derwent and Stabilo. I AM IN HEAVEN! STAY TUNED FOR MORE ON THIS FABULOUS ADVENTURE...I THINK I MAY JUST BE TEACHING THIS IN THE SPRING!

Fall is coming and it's time for Warm Wax Collage!

My next workshop, Warm Wax Collage, is coming up on September 7! I will be teaching this creative workshop at the Schack Art Center in Everett, Washington. It's a one-day class that is very popular. If you are interested in encaustic art or collage, and want to know about the basics of working with warm beeswax, this is the class for you! You may find aout more about the class, and register here:

http://schack.org

or call 425-259-5050. I'll see you in class!

Work from my Beeswax Valentines class!

Amazing student work from last Saturday's Beeswax Valentines class...

My Beeswax Collage Workshop still has space!

You won't regret taking the PLUNGE into collage with warm beeswax! Here are the details of this wonderful workshop that will take place in Edmonds, Washington, on October 9. You MUST sign up by Friday, October 1, in order insure that the class takes place:

ArtsNow C420: Beeswax Collage: Celebrate Fall!

Do you love the scent and look of natural beeswax? In this one-day workshop, you will learn how to create a collage with warm beeswax using found papers, various fabrics, and items from nature. You will also learn how to use scribing tools, oil pastels, powder pigment rubs, and texture with the beeswax. The possibilities are infinite! You will complete the class with the knowledge of how to do this in your own home, and where to find the necessary supplies. Saturday, October 9, 10-5, $ 119. Register by calling ArtsNow by 10/1 at 425-640-1243, or go online for more information: http://www.edcc.edu/artsnow/registration/

Currently Showing at ArtsNow Gallery in Edmonds, Washington

 "Mary with Blue & Green", Beeswax collage (encaustic), COPYRIGHT 2008 JonesMoore

I am currently showing five encaustic (beeswax) collage pieces at the ArtsNow Gallery in the Edmonds Conference Center in Washington state. The show features artwork and exhibits by the ArtsNow/uLearn faculty. On October 9, I will be teaching a full day workshop called "Beeswax Collage: Celebrate Fall" (see my sidebar). Come on down to the gallery and spend a morning or afternoon in the  beautiful town of Edmonds, where there are numerous shops and restaurants and BEACHES! Here's all the important information about the show:

The ArtsNow Gallery is featuring artwork and exhibits by ArtsNow/uLearn instructors, including mixed media and encaustic collage by Lisa JonesMoore. For more information call 425-640-1243. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday – Friday.

Meet the instructors and artists on Third Thursday Art Walk, September 16, from 5-8 p.m.

A long road trip and hands at work in my Warm Wax Collage class!

Hello fellow blogging friends. I do apologize for my wee absence from the blogging world. It's been a wild summer involving three shows, one workshop, a ten day road trip through the American West (and British Columbia), and getting one offspring settled in a new city and new college! But, I am glad to be back!

I have posted one 'teaser' photo from my road trip (on the back of a Harley, somewhere in Idaho) and a few "hands at work" from my recent workshop, "Warm Wax Collage". I want to thank all of my students, who graciously returned for the 2nd session after I had to call in sick. You were all wonderful students!

(Copyrights to actual artwork pictured belong to the creators).

Beeswax Collage: Celebrate Spring! Art Workshop April 10

"Body Urgent", COPYRIGHT 2007 JonesMoore, beeswax collage

ArtsNow C420: Beeswax Collage: Celebrate Spring!

Do you love the scent and look of natural beeswax? Are you excited about the coming of spring, and the beauty of nature? In this one-day workshop, you will learn how to create a collage with beeswax using found papers, various fabrics, and items from nature. You will also learn how to use scribing tools, oil pastels, powder pigment rubs, and texture with the beeswax. The possibilities are infinite! You will complete the class with the knowledge of how to do this in your own home, and where to find the necessary supplies. Join me on:

Saturday, April 10, 10-5 p.m., Edmonds, Washington
Register: call ArtsNow at: (425) 640-1243, or visit: http://edcc.edu/artsnow/registration/

NEW Spring art workshops!

I have just posted all of my new Spring art workshops in the sidebar, with links for more information and registration. In April and May, I will be teaching BEESWAX COLLAGE: CELEBRATE SPRING (collage with warm beeswax), THE PAINTED PAGE: CELEBRATE MAY (free-form collage books), and CABINET OF CURIOSITIES (artistic assemblage).

These workshops all take place in the greater Seattle area. Get a friend to sign up with you, and make a weekend out of it! If you are coming from out of town, I can direct you to some wonderful places to visit in the Seattle area! April and May are GORGEOUS months to be here, and everything will be in bloom...

Another beeswax milagro in the works...

This is the third piece in my "Milagro" (Miracle) series. It has been such a pleasure to scribe lines in to slightly warm beeswax! The poem underneath the heart image is called "El Amor" and was written in 1935 by Luz Maria Durand.

Please take the time to visit my Etsy shop, where I have more of these 'little miracles' for sale!

Corazon Llameante

Corazon Llameante, originally uploaded by jomoma58.

Another new piece! I carved into encaustic wax and rubbed various colors of oil pastel into the lines. Soon to be offered in my Etsy shop! (click on image for FULL VIEW!)

Up to our knees in beeswax: it was a successful collage class!

Well, we were up to our "knees" in warm beeswax and collage items last Saturday, during my "Beeswax Valentines" class in Everett, Washington. Here are some photos of some of the students at work. (Great stuff, right?)

I'll be teaching another beeswax collage class on April 10, in Edmonds, Wa. Stay tuned!

Beeswax Valentines workshop: there's still room for you!

"Kisses", Collage and beeswax, COPYRIGHT 2010 JonesMoore

Spend the afternoon creating fabulous valentines (with me!) while learning the basics of collage, and how to use beeswax with various items such as lace, rice paper, oil pastels, found text and images. Your friends and family will truly appreciate your small works of art for Valentine’s Day!

When: Saturday, February 6, 12:30-4:30pm
Class fee: $40., materials fee: $12
Where: Class will be held in downtown Everett, Washington. To register, call the Arts Council of Snohomish County at 425-257-8380.

Wax poetic in my "Beeswax Valentines" workshop!

"Ahhh" collage, copyright 2004 JonesMoore

Spend the afternoon of February 6 literally “waxing poetic”! In this class, we will be making beautiful handmade valentines out of collage materials and melted beeswax. I will show you the  basics of collage, and how to use beeswax with various items such as lace, rice paper, oil pastels, found text  and small objects. Your friends and family will truly appreciate your small works of art for Valentine’s Day! No experience necessary, all levels of art experience welcome. 

To register for this fabulous class, please call the Arts Council at 425-257-8380. For in-depth information just email me at :  jomoma58@yahoo.com

More beautiful beeswax collages from my class...

Do they know

that I get as much from them

as they get

from me?

Amazing student work from my Beeswax Collage class that took place last weekend. I will offer this class again in the spring, in Edmonds, Washington, through Edmonds Community College/ArtsNow.

Some glorious beeswax collage work by my students...

Beautiful images...

by seekers

of adventure, creativity, risk...

some examples of student work from my Beeswax Collage class. I could not have asked for a better day of teaching and sharing.

More images to come!

Stop! And smell the beeswax...join me for beeswax collage this weekend.

Imagine the scent of warm beeswax (all day!), while the rain rages just outside. Imagine spending a few hours with some fellow creative types from all walks of life–playing with paper, fabric and found objects. Sounds delicious, doesn't it?

Join me this Saturday, November 7, for my workshop Beeswax Collage. There is one day left to register, and plenty of room!

http://www.edcc.edu/artsnow/

ArtsNow Faculty Show Reception/Edmonds Art Walk Sept. 17

Pictured: "Displaced", beeswax collage, Copyright 2005 JonesMoore

There will be an reception for the ArtsNow/EDCC instructors during the Edmonds ArtWalk this Thursday, September 17, from 5–8 p.m, at the beautiful Edmonds Conference Center at 201 4th Avenue North. I will be there to promote my upcoming fall quarter classes: Beeswax Collage and Recycled Book Altars. In addition to this event, you can do the downtown Edmonds Art Walk, also taking place from 5–8 p.m. I hope to see you there!