Experimental Drawing & Monotypes
This courses is for beginners and/or those wishing to refresh their skills.
Monoprints /Monotype
Both involve the transfer of ink from a plate to the paper, canvas, or other surface. They are one-off prints that can’t be replicated
• Monotypes are one-off impressions made by applying ink to a featureless plate and transferring it to another surface.
• Monoprint refers to a print that includes an element of another print process e.g. intaglio plate, relief block, or screen print with some direct painting added to it.
Experimental Drawing
• Drawing transforms perception and thought into image and teaches us how to think with our eyes. Drawing is about mark making.
Course aims:
On this course you will explore experimental drawing with simple excersises to explore mark making. With these skills you will be able explore transfer monotype printing to produce prints with a beautiful quality of line.
By the end of the course you will have prints to take home.
1 Day course. Experimental Drawing & Monotypes
Course structure:
Start at 10am work through the morning, taking the freely available tea, coffee and biscuits as and when we choose, until about 1pm when we break for lunch. You can either bring packed lunch or pick something up from the many places on Mill Road. The afternoon continues until around 4pm.
All materials will be supplied for this courses.