Lesson Info
55. Encaustic Wax on Prints
Lessons
Class Introduction
07:25 2Overview of Brooke’s Journey
20:13 3Your Timeline is Nonlinear
05:37 4Using Curiosity and Intention to Build Your Career
03:26 5What Factors Dictate Growth
08:24 6Organic Growth vs. Forced Growth
05:18 7Niche Branding
04:57 8Brooke’s Artistic Evolution and Timeline
24:27How Can You Get Ahead if You Feel Behind?
10:02 10Ideation and Conceptualization to Identify Meaning in Your Art
05:54 11Idea Fluency
10:33 12How to Represent an Idea
07:01 13How to Innovate an Idea
07:07 14Creating a Dialogue With Your Art
05:48 15Conceptualization For a Series vs. a Single Image
03:43 16Transforming a Single Image Into a Series
03:12 17How to Tell a Story in a Series
03:28 18How to Create Costumes From Fabric
07:20 19Brooke’s Most Useful Costumes
02:19 20Using Paint and Clay as Texture in an Image
02:56 21Create Physical Elements in an Image
10:22 22Shooting for a Fine Art Series
05:45 23Conceptualization: Flowery Fish Bowl in the Desert
04:08 24Wardrobe and Texture
04:54 25Posing for the Story
05:32 26Choosing an Image
01:23 27Conceptualization: Rainy Plexiglass
11:34 28Posing for the Story
04:17 29Creating Backlight
02:37 30Photo Shoot #1 - Creating a Simple Composite
17:51 31Photo Shoot #2 - Creating a Dynamic Composite
06:31 32Photo Shoot #3 - Creating a Storytelling Composite
07:40 33Shooting the Background Images
06:14 34Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Working With Backgrounds
24:35 35Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Retouching the Subject
04:20 36Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Color Grading
02:45 37Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Floor Replacement Texture
15:24 38Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Final Adjustments
03:21 39Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Cropping and Editing Backgrounds
05:25 40Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Selective Adjustments
03:55 41Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Adding Texture + Fine Tuning
03:21 42Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Compositing Models
06:58 43Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Expanding Rooms
02:17 44Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Selective Color
02:47 45Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Selective Exposure
04:04 46Editing Composite Shoot #2- Masking Into Backgrounds
10:45 47Editing Composite Shoot #2- Creating Rooms in Photoshop
06:11 48Editing Composite Shoot #2- Compositing Hair
05:07 49Editing Composite Shoot #2- Global Adjustments
04:49 50Editing Composite Shoot #3- Blending Composite Elements
05:00 51Editing Composite Shoot #3- Advanced Compositing
08:46 52Editing Composite Shoot #3- Cleanup
03:34 53Materials for Alternative Processes
06:20 54Oil Painting on Prints
05:41 55Encaustic Wax on Prints
03:09 56Failure vs. Sell Out
05:14 57Create Art You Love and Bring an Audience To You
03:35 58Branding Yourself Into a Story
05:40 59The Artistic Narrative
05:26 60Get People to Care About Your Story
03:36 61Get People to Buy Your Story
11:36 62Getting Galleries and Publishers to Take Notice
03:41 63Pricing For Commissions
06:43 64Original Prints vs. Limited Edition Prints vs. Open Edition Prints
02:11 65Class Outro
01:00 66Live Premiere
16:14 67Live Premiere: Layers of Depth 1
04:41 68Live Premiere: Layers of Depth 2
07:12 69Live Premiere: Q&A
16:10 70Live Premiere: Photo Critique
47:33Lesson Info
Encaustic Wax on Prints
So the next thing that I want to show you now that we have the promise gel on and all of the oils is my encaustic wax, this is an encaustic wax puck that has been dismantled. We took a a knife and stabbed it, broke it apart, and that's what's heating up in here. So this is our encaustic wax heater and encaustic wax will allow you to brush it over the image and create this layer of wax that drives as thick or thin is you want to apply it. It's a really old process that I think makes it look extra timeless and has extra texture. And it's one of my favorite favorite things to Dio. So I'm going to put on a glove and pour out some of the wax that we have heating in here, and I'm just gonna pour it right here. Don't need much okay? And then I'm going to take my brush here and just to place, um, so get some on the brush and go ahead and paint it directly on and you can watch it. I got some paint in there, so ignore my terribly messy pallet, but you can just go ahead and paint paint paint. I'm...
avoiding what I already have their, and you could do it across the whole thing. You can see the brush strokes so you might end up pouring it on or dipping the print in it. Depending on the kind of print you have. For example, you might decide to print on wood or on metal or on a different medium, where you could dip the whole entire thing into a bath of wax, which would create a really uniforms overall look. Or you can use a paintbrush to really streak it on and see if you like it more textured like this so you could go a smooth or as thick as you want. And this is one of my favorite favorite ways of creating is to create this wax look where you're really applying the wax and creating more texture because of it. So those were just some of the ways that I would alter my images by creating original prints. The moment I apply the paint to this, it's an original print. It is no longer something that I could sell is in addition, unless I photograph it as it is, and then sell that as an addition. But this will always be the original print. So it's super exciting to Dio. I recommend if you are going to start to print your images quite a bit to get a set of gloves so that you can handle the images without worrying about fingerprints or dirt. So just making sure that you have a safe way of handling your prints is always really helpful. These particular prints are printed on canvas, and that's why they have a little bit of a sheen to them. Canvas prints are going to take paint really beautifully because canvas is meant to take paint, so that's a great way to go. But if you use a paper or any other medium, just consider how the paint will sit on it, how it will dry on it if it's going to soak into it or not. But aside from that, just have fun playing because that's the whole point of this, isn't it? Is to simply play and allow your images to become something more than what they were
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Ratings and Reviews
a Creativelive Student
Brooke never fails to deliver. I found this course superb from start to finish. From exercising your creative 'muscle', demystifying taking self portraits, and showing that they don't have to be perfect before you begin editing, to walking you through her editing process and how to price your work. Brooke's enthusiastic personality and excitement about the work shines through it all. Definitely recommended!
Rebecca Potter
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Brooke for this amazing class. Inspired and so full of practical knowledge, this is the best class I've ever watched. You have given me the confidence to pursue what I've always been afraid to do. Watch this space!
Søren Nielsen
Thank for fantastic motivating an very inspiring. The story telling and selling module was very helpful - thanks from Denmark