Cold Wax on Friday afternoon with Marina T

What is cold wax painting ? The short answer is that it is any type of painting that heavily utilizes Cold Wax Medium into oil colours. Its a fantastic medium to work with - you experiment, you work with layers, you work with texture. This can include the use of brayers, stencils, and textural elements such as bubble wrap or wire screens. The possibilities are endless! Cold Wax medium is a paste - a little like toothpaste in density. With it you can create a variety of textures within a painting. You can make expressive brushmarks, you can carve into paint layers with palette knives or built up. Cold Wax also gives oil colors a beautiful translucent quality.

Irene and Marina T. applying Cold Wax

To get an idea of what you can achieve with cold wax - check out the portfolio of our teacher Marina Teding van Berkhout: https://marinatvb.com/portfolio . Here is just one example of the beautiful work that Marina does.

As you can see Marina T. combines figurative on an abstract type background. Cold wax is equally suitable for abstracts. Take a look at what Irene is working on:

Is it finished yet ???

Is it finished yet ????

For both I ask - is it finished yet ? Cold wax is all about adding layers and its not easy to know when you are done. However - unlike other painting mediums - you can just scrape it off if you find there is too much.

Here are som examples of 20x20cm canvases

Celina's first cold wax art

If you would like to try it out - you are welcome to the Hangar on Fridays at 14:00