Drawing with monoprinting, with Carole Bury

Course details:

Come and spend a day exploring the lovely medium of Mono-printing. Carole Bury will gently guide and inspire you through techniques and options of drawing with mono-printing at Nature in Art!

Processes will be revealed needing little equipment, and plenty of possibilities. The gardens and outdoor spaces at Nature in Art will be our inspiration.
Print throughout the day by -
* Drawing and painting directly onto the printing plate.
* Learning to use negative marks, by wiping areas of printing ink away.
* Using objects to create marks in the ink film,

Famously, the painter Degas used mono-print, creating wonderful examples of the process. Not only did he use mono-printing as a method to make base layers for his paintings, he printed expressive drawings, showing how versatile mono-printing can be.

You will have a wonderful time getting hands-on and by the end of the workshop, you’ll leave with a selection of prints.

Materials and additional costs: 

Suitable shoes and clothes for gathering information in the grounds of Nature in Art
Please bring an apron
A4 or A3 cartridge sketchbook and pencils e.g. 2B and 4B and 6B
A folder or spare paper, suitable to carry wet prints away at the end of the day.

Printing equipment will be provided.
Cost of £5.00 to tutor for wide variety of suitable papers.

Suitability:

Absolute beginners to improvers

Spaces: 

12

Price: £62 / £79