Monoprint and the Model

Xchanges is thrilled to announce a brand-new workshop this summer!

Learn how to monoprint gestural poses with Cindy Wright, accomplished printmaker and long-time Xchanges studio member.

If you enjoy life drawing, you will find this two-day workshop a great way to branch out with new techniques.

Using a model and both short and long gestural poses, artists will practise their line and mark making on Sumi-e paper in pencil and graphite. Later they will refine their images using ink transfer methods, which will then be mounted onto paper.

We will be exploring a variety of colour techniques and the use of nori paste as an adhesive to a range of paper types. With the longer poses, we will study subtractive methods, such as ink removal and working dark to white. 

The learning goals are:

• Discover different ways to monoprint gestural poses.
• Practise life drawing in a more dynamic way, involving ink transfer and subtractive methods of inking.
• Find out how to use colour glazing in final prints.
• Be introduced to the use of nori paste as a means of creating chine collés or incorporating colour.

When:

Saturday, July 27 and Sunday, July 28, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day

Where:

Xchanges Gallery and Studios

2333 Government Street, Suite 6E, Victoria, B.C.

How much:

The fee is only $180 for two days and includes:

• All material costs (inks, Sumi-e paper, printing paper, nori paste, tools)
• Model

We have room for 12, so encourage your friends and family to join up, too!

This event is a fundraiser and the proceeds will be used to help Xchanges continue to support artists in our community.