Sun to Moon Gallery Photography Workshops-
2 new workshops with Jill Skupin Burkholder
In our continuing effort to better serve the local photographer community, Sun to Moon Gallery is proud to announce two photography workshops with Jill Skupin Burkholder. Both workshops are "hands-on" and are limited to just eight participants. Space is on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are interested, call 214.745.1199 today, as we expect these workshops to fill up quickly.
1-Day Introduction to the Bromoil Process
Friday, October 29, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Limited to 8 participants
Cost: $265.00 Includes all materials and lunch
This hands-on workshop with Jill introduces one of the oldest and most romantic historic photographic techniques. The bromoil process begins with a bleached 
silver gelatin print and ends with a pictorial version of the image. There are no limits, as a bromoilist creates an interpretation using a brush, lithography inks and a toolbox of texturing methods.
Beginners learn fundamental bromoil techniques by inking on matrices that will be prepared before the class. Participants will have the opportunity to send a file of their own to Jill in advance so that they will be able to work on their own image during the workshop.
Darkroom techniques will be explained so that the beginner will know how to prepare a bromoil matrix. There will be no actual darkroom time during this one-day class.
Participants learn how to avoid bromoil pitfalls as they blend the worlds of photography and painting. Presentations will include examples of work by many bromoilists, hands-on demos of inking techniques and a variety of inking methods.
Encaustic 101 for Photographers 2-Day Workshop
Monday, Nov. 1 and Tuesday, November 2, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Limited to 8 participants
Cost: $450.00 Includes all materials and lunches
Working with hot pigmented wax is an ancient method of adding color to an object or art piece. Encaustic methods have been adopted mostly by painters but photographers have also been enticed by the translucent wax. This workshop will explore encaustic options for the photographer and address the specific needs of using digital images as key elements in the encaustic piece.
· Learn the basics of working with encaustic materials plus the techniques that photographers need to incorporate this seductive medium.
· Discover the best Photoshop methods for preparing your digital images with the detail and local contrast you want in your encaustic work.
· Experiment with using an image at different stages in the creation of an encaustic piece whether at the beginning or during the process of adding wax layers.
·Practice the techniques of transferring images using color copies, inkjet printing on rice paper and adding parts of photographic images.
· Learn to stretch canvas and linen to give a classic multimedia presentation to your images.
· Explore using stencils, stamps and imbedded objects to create multimedia pieces.
· Enhance your creative potential by adding textures and encaustic color to your images.
Day One - You will work with sample boards and practice various techniques and exercises. A board will be prepared with your image for use on Day Two.
Day Two - We will concentrate on developing techniques specific to each photographer's personal style and image.
Call 214.745.1199 to reserve your place.
Checks, Mastercard & Visa accepted.
Visit Jill's Website to see more examples of her work
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ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR, Jill Skupin Burkholder
Jill Skupin Burkholder is a photographic artist and instructor who enjoys combining the old techniques with the new digital approaches. She is a practitioner of one of the oldest and most painterly of the photographic processes, the bromoil process. This process, first introduced in the 1800's, is cherished for its intensive hand-worked qualities and rich texture. In the bromoil process, a silver gelatin print is bleached with a special process removing the image. Jill then uses brushes and lithographic inks to restore the photo, giving it the impressionistic and textural look unique to a bromoil. Her exquisite bromoil works of art begin with a bleached silver gelatin print and end with a romanticized pictorial version of the image artistically interpreted using a brush and lithography ink.
With many of her newest works, Jill uses a new process in which she creates an original bromoil print, then scans it into the computer and adds a color overlay using archival pigment inks for a final limited edition print that is very magical in quality. Recently she has been producing prints using the encaustic method, which goes as far back as the 5th century B.C., where color-pigmented beeswax is melted, applied to a surface and reheated to fuse the image into a smooth or textured finish.
Jill began working in photography in 1985 studying both traditional and digital photography and experimenting with various alternative photography techniques. She is a member of the International Society of Bromoilists, a small group of artists working in this elusive medium. She has conducted workshops for the Texas Photographic Society, Photographers' Formulary and the Academia De Fotograpfia in San Miguel De Allende, Mexico and has exhibited throughout the United States.
Her bromoil images can be seen in publications, The Book of Alternative Processes by Christopher James, Photographic Possibilities by Robert Hirsch and in private and public collections including the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center in Austin and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.
Jill lives at the base of the Catskills in Palenville, New York.
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Sun to Moon Gallery
1515 Levee Street
Dallas, TX 75207
Phone 214.745.1199