Self-paced online course
Skin Papers are thin, translucent papers built layer by layer with ink and wax. In two recorded classes I show you how I make them, step by step, so you can work along in your own studio.
Recorded course
Ready to watch online
2 classes
About 1.5 hours each
Your own pace
Pause and replay as you work
No dates
No schedules to connect
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Zen painting gives you the marks. Encaustic wax gives the papers their transparency and joins the layers. Skin Papers bring the two together.
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Class 1
We prepare the papers and create the first layers. We work with ink and gesture on thin, translucent papers, and see how wax, heat and paper behave together: how deep the wax goes in, and how the layers begin to hold light.
Class 2
The papers become compositions: image transfers, collage with personal papers and letters, and layers of encaustic until the piece finds its own depth.
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For anyone who wants to work with paper, wax and gesture.
Materials are not included. You receive the full list with the course. Work in a well-ventilated space and take care with heat.
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I am a visual artist and teacher. I work with paper, encaustic and mixed media, and in my work gesture and memory always go together: layers that keep traces, marks that stay visible.
I have worked with encaustic for 18 years and have been teaching for more than 23.
In September 2026 I was at Residencia Lagos in Mexico City, where I developed my research project Habitar mi propio trazo (Inhabiting my own mark), about the mark as presence and the body as a tool. It is ongoing research.
Wonderful! Learned another way to be creative with encaustics, a new art form to capture and honor memories. Thank you, Gabriela.
Thank you, Gabriela for the wonderful lesson on Zen Painting. I loved this lesson and now have some art to hang in my meditation room. I used Ink, watercolor, intense blocks, and foil.
It was an EXCELLENT workshop, Gabriela Sánchez!!! Thank you so much!!! ❤️🔥🙏🏼👍
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Both options include the same two recorded classes. VIP adds a private session with me to look at your own work.
Regular
The complete recorded course.
VIP
The course, plus personal time with me.
Secure payment with PayPal or card. Prices in US dollars.
No. It is a recorded course with two classes of about 1.5 hours each. There are no dates or schedules: you watch whenever you want, and you can pause and replay as you work.
Both include the same two recorded classes. VIP adds a private 1-hour online session with me to look at your own Skin Papers, to be scheduled within three months.
Once your payment is confirmed, you receive the link to your course page in Notion, with the classes and resources in one place.
The classes are recorded in English. There is a separate Spanish version of the course.
No. Each student gets her own materials. You receive the full materials list with the course, and the basics are listed on this page.
No previous experience is required.
Write to me at gaby@gabrielasanchez.mx and I will help you.
