Rebecca Crowell And Jerry McLaughlin Launch The Cold Wax Academy
Nov 20, 2020
The highly recognized industry professionals will deliver teachings both locally and online.
November 20, 2020 / / —
Friday, 20 November. Dallas, TX — Well-known authors of the award-winning book, Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts & Conversations, Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin have launched their new instructional membership program, Cold Wax Academy, along with the industry’s first ever Starter Kit for painting with cold wax medium. Crowell and McLaughlin also offer custom tools and free information on their website (www.coldwaxacademy.com), a community Facebook page (www.facebook.com/groups/cwacommunity), and teach workshops in the US and internationally. Their comprehensive video, Cold Wax Medium: A Video Workshop, is available for streaming to Full Members of Cold Wax Academy, along with McLaughlin’s series of specialized lessons and mentoring tips.
COLD WAX TEACHINGS FROM THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS
As practicing, professional artists with many years of experience in both creating and teaching art, Crowell and McLaughlin have much to offer other artists at every level. “Cold Wax Academy aims to help artists that are just starting out or are quite experienced discover the incredible qualities cold wax medium has to offer, including translucency, body and enhanced drying time,” said Rebecca Crowell. “The Academy’s goal is to give as much information and inspiration as possible about techniques, tools, and ideas for working with cold wax. We cover not only the ‘how’ of using cold wax, but also the ‘why.’ We want to help artists to discover their personal voice with the medium and how to use it in expressive ways for their own ideas.”
“Cold wax is not a new medium, but we have seen a massive revival of its use in the last few years. We have had a great time teaching our own techniques, offering our insights as experienced artists, and learning how others use the medium,” Jerry McLaughlin explains. “With the new membership programs at Cold Wax Academy, we are interacting with artists from around the world as part of our ever-expanding community. Each week we offer live online learning sessions, and we see and respond to paintings posted from around the world. Cold Wax Academy is the only membership program for artists that is devoted exclusively to this medium.”
The instructional live sessions at Cold Wax Academy are organized into academic quarters with a focus on three interrelated topics each quarter. This fall, the topics are Color, Contrast, and the Balance of Spontaneity and Control. Midway through their first quarter, McLaughlin and Crowell report a rapidly growing membership that includes artists from over a dozen countries. While McLaughlin and Crowell are both abstract painters, cold wax medium is suited to other approaches, and they recently featured as a guest artist the figurative painter Melinda Cootsona.
"Our vision for Cold Wax Academy is to be a reliable, comprehensive resource and a refreshing place to discover new techniques for contemporary art," McLaughlin says. “We welcome beginners and more seasoned professionals: those who have never set up their own studios before and those on the hunt for specialized tools and new means of expression. Cold Wax Academy is a place to grow your skills, have your questions answered, and meet other artists.”
To help those who are just getting started with cold wax, or who are looking to expand their options, McLaughlin and Crowell have developed an exclusive Starter Kit that provides everything needed. The kit includes Gamblin Cold Wax Medium and oil paints, R&F Pigment Sticks, PanPastels, Ampersand Gessobords, Arches Oil Paper, Multimedia Artboard, the team’s exclusive brayer and squeegee, and more. These products are all used by McLaughlin and Crowell in their own studios and are highly recommended for their quality and usefulness.
“I wanted to tell you how happy I am with the new Starter Kit. There are several materials I have never used before, and I have really enjoyed exploring. Thanks for the idea of this starter kit- really well thought out and presented,” -- Sarah Black, Starter Kit customer.
Visit the exciting new Cold Wax Academy website at www.coldwaxacademy.com, for information on all programs and products, along with plenty of free information about working with cold wax.
ABOUT REBECCA CROWELL AND JERRY MCLAUGHLIN
Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin are both professional artists with over 50 years of combined painting experience. They founded Squeegee Press in 2015 to publish content-rich educational media and to offer a spectrum of workshops for artists interested in cold wax medium. Their award-winning book, Cold Wax Medium: Techniques, Concepts & Conversations (2017) has sold over 10,000 copies worldwide and is widely regarded as the most comprehensive publication on the medium.
In 2017 Crowell and Mclaughlin began co-teaching cold wax medium workshops internationally, and in 2018 they introduced their exclusive line of unique and innovative tools, SP CREATE, for use with cold wax medium. Cold Wax Medium: A Video Workshop was produced in 2019 to expand to expand on the information in their book. Nearly two years in the making, this nearly 7-hour video covers everything taught in their combined 5-day workshop and more. The launch of Cold Wax Academy in October 2020 combines all of the many resources for artists that Mclaughlin and Crowell under one comprehensive brand. Any artist interesting in exploring this exciting medium –whether as a beginner or a more advanced painter--will find plenty of engaging, stimulating and informative content at www.coldwaxacademy.com.
To view the art websites of Rebecca Crowell and Jerry McLaughlin, visit www.rebeccacrowell.com or www.jerrymclaughlinart.com, respectively. Alternatively, Jerry can be reached directly at 4153351200 or [email protected]. Mail queries can be addressed to 3842 Cedar Springs Rd., Ste 801-9998, Dallas, TX 75219.
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