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.