Printmaking, Mark Making and Rust Dying, Oh My!

If you love making art, learn through creative play. Practice new techniques, simply enjoy the creative process or the act of creating something. Learn several monotype and mark-making techniques and make one-of-a-kind prints. We will use a variety of tools and techniques and apply images and marks to several media, including various types of paper and textiles. This class will also cover rust dying on paper. Use your creations for collage elements, backgrounds for other art pieces, so save them just as they are! No experience necessary, just is open to trying new techniques and tools to create one-of-a-kind prints!

Meets: (1) Saturday, 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Dates: Jan. 25 in 2020
Location: TPS Art Center (2447 N. Los Altos, Tucson, Arizona 85705)

Instructor: Michele Vaughan
Format: Lecture & demonstration, individual feedback, or one-on-one instruction will be provided, during in-class exercises or studio practice.
Level: Absolute Beginner to Beginner, all levels are welcome!

Medium: Mixed Media, most all mediums are welcome, demonstrations will be performed in mixed media.
Technique: Specific to Mono-types & Monoprints, How to Mono-print with a gel plate & rust dying.
Materials: The instructor will email the materials list prior to the first day of class or click here.

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Topics

• Monotype and mark-making techniques
• Additive and subtractive methods in printmaking
• Use botanicals, stencils, and other elements to create shapes on gel plates
• Layer paint & ink to create a multi-dimensional look
• Mark making with a variety of tools, including brayers, brushes, and everyday objects 
• Use found objects to create marks & texture 

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Participant's Work & Demo

Demonstration

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Participant's Work

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Drawing in Pen & Ink

Pen & ink is perfect for sketching on the go, you'll find that it's a medium definitely worth getting to know. Once you make a mark, it won't budge, it also dries quickly and is sure not to smudge. Switch to a brush and draw like a painter, work with ink washes to build values like it's a no-brainer. Practice with all the guidance that you seek, as you learn a variety of inking techniques. Whether you are a novice or an established inker, you may find that you're intrigued by colored inks hook line, and sinker. During class, you will have access to all the supplies needed, and by the end, you might even feel that drawings have succeeded!

Artwork by Christy Olsen

Meets: (2) Sunday Afternoons 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM (3-hour duration)
Dates: Jan. 19, 26 in 2020
Location: TPS Art Center (2447 N Los Altos Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705)

Instructor: Christy Olsen
Format: Demonstration, lecture, & one-on-one instruction provided during hands-on practice.
Level: Absolute Beginner to advanced, all levels are welcome!

Medium: Pen & Ink
Technique: Drawing, Hatching, Cross Hatching, Ink Washes & Working with Colored Ink
Materials: All materials will be provided. Bring a sketchbook, notebook, or something to take notes on.

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Materials: click here
Syllabus: click here

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Participant's Work & Demo

Demonstration

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Basic Pen & Ink Strokes

Anatomy of Light & Shadow in Pen & Ink

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Participant's Work

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Homework

Practice your Pen & Ink skills by copying the Masters.

Charles Dana Gibson was a master in pen & ink drawings, published in magazines and newspapers during the 1890s. The Gibson Girl was the personification of the feminine ideal of physical attractiveness as portrayed by the pen-and-ink illustrations of artist Charles Dana Gibson during a 20-year period that spanned the late 19th and early 20th century in the United States and Canada.

The artist saw his creation as representing the composite of "thousands of American girls," who were modern and independent without chaperones, soon to win the right to vote. (Wikipedia, 2020).

Copying the Masters: Charles Gibson