Encaustics workshop scheduled at the Dahmen Barn

On Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Dahmen Barn in Uniontown from 10 a.m.

to 2:30 p.m., learn the encaustic technique for painting with pigmented wax, an ancient medium dating back to the Egyptians.

A medium of beeswax, damar and pigment is melted and then applied in liquid form to a wood surface.

Metal tools and brushes can be used to manipulate the wax surface and other materials can be incorporated by collage.

The workshop is led by Katherine Clancy, resident artist at the Dahmen Barn.

She has been a watercolorist for 20 plus years and also enjoys exploring other media.

She has recently been intrig...