HALLOWELL — On Sunday, Jan. 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Manchester artist Hélène Farrar will teach a one-day workshop on encaustic painting at the Harlow Gallery, 160 Water St.

Encaustic is a beeswaxbased painting medium that is used in a molten state. The molten state implies that the wax is heated to a liquid form and applied quickly to a rigid support to maintain its liquid form. Artists fuse the top layer of wax to the previous with a variety of tools such as a high temperature heat gun, torch and iron. Encaustic paint is made up of beeswax, pigment and damar resin.

Learn painterly approaches plus how to etch and scrape into the surface. Take flat collections such as drawings, collected papers, pictures and embellish them into the wax. Leave with two small finished paintings and artistic inspiration.

We will also briefly touch on proper studio ventilation, wax safety, and how to “finish” artworks in terms of framing and care.

Class time will be divided between demonstrations, individual work time and discussion. Encaustic medium will also be for sale.

Farrar has taught and worked in the visual arts for 15 years while actively exhibiting in commercial, nonprofit and university galleries in New England and England. Farrar has a masters of Fine Art Degree in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College in Vermont, and a bachelors of art degree from University of Maine with concentrations in painting and printmaking. Farrar operates in her studio, Hélène Farrar Art, in downtown Hallowell. Her work has been exhibited widely in Maine and has been accepted into regional and international juried exhibitions featuring her encaustics and oil works. She is currently represented by the Flat Iron Gallery in Portland and the Three Graces Gallery in New Hampshire.

The tuition cost is $50 plus a $25 materials fee. To register call 622-3813 or email kvaa@harlowgallery.org.