Hi. I’m Anita!

Three of the things I love about printmaking are the “ah-ha” moment of surprise,  the unique look of a print and the way you can make multiple versions of a design. Printmaking is so fun, easy and accessible… and in this class—the second in my Creative Printmaking series— we will discover dry point etching and collagraph. And all by HAND (no printing press required!).

With drypoint, we will explore delicate and beautiful LINE by etching into plexiglass plates with either hand tools or a dremel. This physical process of etching the plates is surprisingly addictive and fun, and we will create several prints atop our colorful monotyped bases.

Then we will work with TEXTURE & SHAPE and make collographs! This mixed-media  process lets us investigate shape, color and reinforce our design concepts and work on multiple prints.

Finally, we have our arsenal of 6-10 dryprint and collograph prints, we will then assess each and finish the works with pastel,  ink and collage. Practicing the subtractive and additive process will give us never ending discoveries.

Printmaking is trial and error in the very best way, with so many happy surprises… please join us for round two where we roll, wipe, scribe, dab + design!

Anita

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Samples of prints made by the techniques shown in this class:

Drypoint Etching:

Collographs:

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Class Itinerary

Videos are pre-recorded and will release on the following schedule:

Week 1
Lesson 1 – Tuesday, October 17
Lesson 2 – Wednesday, October 18
Lesson 3 – Thursday, October 20

Week 2
Lesson 4 – Tuesday, October 24
Lesson 5 – Wednesday, October 25
Lesson 6 – Friday, October 27

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Lesson 1: Six Base Monotypes
In this first lesson we will review monotype printing skills and create at least six base monotype prints that we will use as starts for the rest of the class.

Lesson 2: Dry Point Plate Preparation
Get out your sharp instruments and create one or more drypoint plates. I will demonstrate with hand tools, Dremel, and sandpaper on plexiglass.

Lesson 3: Printing our Dry Point Plates
Today we will learn how to properly ink our plates and make our first series of prints!

Lesson 4: Collograph Plate Preparation
We will get out the gloss medium and create Collagraph plates today.

Lesson 5: Printing our Collgraph Plates
Today we will learn how to properly ink our plates and make our second series of prints!

Lesson 6: Evaluation and Finishing Touches
Evaluation + Finishing touches: Pastel, Collage + Trace Monotype Additions

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