Lithography is often thought of as the closest printmaking technique to painting and drawing because of its direct mark-making. Working on stone, zinc plate or aluminium photo plate, the technique is taught in easy to follow stages. Students are able to work on several images during the course using their own reference. Colin directs the...
Explore the myriad possibilities of versatile lino on this comprehensive course. Illustrative or abstract, mono or multiblock, your project will develop from a strong basis of drawing. You will be encouraged to experiment at every stage as you develop your own creative approach to produce original prints. Peter is a printmaker with a background in...
The Life Drawing Group has re-located to The Jetty, Quay Lane, CO10 2AN. The Jetty is the single story cream building next to the garage. There should be plenty of parking available in The Quay car park opposite. The drawing group is held on the first Saturday of every month from 10-4pm. Cost £18 Dates...
with Jason Hicklin This event has one space left. This course is a hands-on experience, working with the three major etching, intaglio processes of hard ground, soft ground and aquatint. Working on existing plates is encouraged along with working on new plates and taking these plates through to the finished print on paper. Intermediate course...
with Karina Savage This event is now fully booked. An alternative to stone lithography, this process enables hand-drawn, photographic or digital film positives to be transferred onto a light-sensitive aluminium lithographic plate and printed on an etching press. These plates can produce detailed marks such as painterly washes, linear drawings, photocopied images, photographs and text....
with Dale Devereux Barker This event is now fully booked. Students will be encouraged to work with lino blocks initially on a small scale to produce exquisite jewel-like works. Students will learn the correct use of ink application, overlaying extra layers of ink, how to use cutting tools effectively and safely using presses, hand-printing and...
Learn linocut and monoprinting while making bespoke Christmas cards in our Christmas card making workshop! Join us for some creative seasonal fun at the Gainsborough's House Print Workshop this December. You will learn how to make a simple linocut and/or how to monoprint with stencils and textured materials. We will be working on a small...
with Patsy Rathbone Screen printing is the process of transferring a stencilled design onto a flat surface using a mesh screen, ink and a squeegee. This course will introduce the basics of screen printing with hand-cut paper stencils. You will learn how to plan, prepare and print a multi-layered colour image. We will explore the...
with Jason Hicklin This 3-day course is a hands-on experience, working with the three major etching, intaglio processes of hard ground, soft ground and aquatint. Working on existing plates is encouraged along with working on new plates and taking these plates through to the finished print on paper. Beginner – intermediate course Max. 8 spaces...
with Blaze Cyan RE SWE On this 2-day course, you will learn the fundamentals of wood engraving. From transferring a drawing to the block, cutting techniques, and printing your engraving. We will look at how to achieve both tone and line as well as touch on the history of wood engraving and how it can...
This event is now fully booked. with Sally Weatherill Monotype printmaking is a very immediate and intuitive process in which unique prints are produced by adding and/or subtracting ink from a plate which is then printed onto paper. In this course, two methods of the flexible and experimental medium of monotype printmaking will be introduced....
This event is now fully booked. with Karina Savage Cyanotype is one of the earliest photographic processes and was developed by Sir John Herschel in 1841. The process was adopted by engineers and architects as a way of producing copies of drawings – hence the term ‘blueprint’ – but was also used by artists throughout...
