"Friends" Show Artist Jeff Schaller Presents to Junior Portfolio 2D Design Class
Commercial artist and painter Jeff Schaller delivered a 2-hour workshop with Mrs. Silverman’s Junior Portfolio 2D Design students earlier this month. Jeff's paintings are featured on the permanent set of the show Friends, and he has been commissioned to create paintings for corporate collections around the world.
Jeff delivered a presentation to the students about what is involved from the business side of being a successful commercial artist, and then provided a demonstration of encaustic painting and silkscreen processes. This type of painting was used in the 5th century B.C. for weathering boats and coloring marble. Encaustic is often thought to be the most durable of the artist's paints because the beeswax is impervious to moisture. The word encaustic comes from the Greek meaning to "burn in", which refers to the process of fusing the paint.
After the presentation, the design students created their own encaustic painting using vintage magazines sourced from eBay. Photos of the Green Day class and presentation by Chuck Anerino, CP '23 are accessible here.
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grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.
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