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A Festive Introduction to Printmaking: Christmas Cards
Course Code: WC2301PR15 Tutor: Carol Wilhide Justin ARE Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 9th - 10th December 2023 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £185 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 24th November 2023 £185.00Guided by expert printmaker Carol Wilhide-Justin you will learn how to translate your ideas into the graphic formats of woodcut and linocut. This course is a perfect introduction to relief printing and is open to all, from complete beginners to those with more experience.
To add a seasonal touch to the experience students may decide to print cards rather than paper prints. Either way we hope you will enjoy the opportunity to develop or learn new skills and potentially create gifts for Christmas.
The studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated printmaking facilities for professional hands‐on learning. Students benefit from the diversity of attendees, taught by internationally renowned printmaking artists at a central location, offering a unique educational experience in London.
There is a maximum of eight students per course, materials are included and we advise that you book early to avoid disappointment.
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Etching: Experimental Techniques
Course Code: WC2302PR99 Tutor: Frederic Morris RE Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 10th - 11th February 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £180 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 26th January 2024 £180.00Explore a more painterly side of etching. Students will depart from tradition to develop a series of zinc plates etched in saline sulphate by experimenting with the alchemy of the intaglio process; brushing, splashing, dripping, blowing and smudging to produce fascinating and unique prints. Attendees will be introduced to a variety of novel etching and printing techniques including painterly spit-bite aquatint.
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Annabel McIverFrom Life Drawing to Print
Course Code: WC2302009 Tutor: Usva Inei Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 17th - 18th February 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £180 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 2nd February 2024 £185.00This exciting new course, is considering the wonderful combination of life drawing and the varied mark making of print. We will spend Saturday in the drawing studio, drawing from life and making monoprints, while experimenting with the infinite marks that we can make using print. For the second day we will be in the print room, using dry-point and collagraph techniques to further add to the experience, using our drawings and observations from the day before to continue the exploration into this varied practice.This course is for those who have experience with print as well as those who are complete beginners. -
James TempleLino Cut Masterclass with Jamie Temple
Course Code: WC2302PR85 Tutor: Jamie Temple Course Dates: Saturday & Sunday, 16th - 17th March 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £190 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 1st March 2024 £190.00Join artist and printmaker Jamie Temple for this weekend masterclass in Lino Cut printmaking. Jamie’s practice is rooted in printmaking and woodworking from which he creates architectural and landscape inspired works on paper and site specific installations. His work draws from a fascination with the built and natural environments we inhabit and transform, taking inspiration from architecture, landscapes and the environment, and experimenting with process and materials. During the course Jamie will guide you to learn the essential steps of linocutting, introducing the techniques, tools and materials to create impactful and beautiful lino prints.
You will first draw and plan your design, creating a practice printing block, before testing and trying out various mark-making techniques using a variety of gouges. Following a colour demonstration, you will choose your colour combinations before hand printing your final design in stages.
Throughout the masterclass you will learn:
-About Jamie’s work, processes, and his career to date
-How to plan and draw your designs onto a linoleum block
-How to use a variety of specialist printmaking equipment and materials
-How to use a specialist printing pressThis course is suitable for all levels of printmaking experience, and will give you insight into Jamie Temple’s process in producing beautiful prints.
The studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated printmaking facilities for professional hands-on learning.
Once you have completed the course we recommend signing up to one of our other Printmaking courses to learn a new technique, or join us for Open Access sessions on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills.
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Lino Etching Weekend
Course Code: WC2302PR71 Tutor: Stella Yarrow Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: All Levels Fee: £190 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR £190.00This course welcomes students of all levels to the creative possibilities of Lino Etching. It teaches a more gestural approach to lino printmaking, combining the classical skill of carving a lino block with etching its surface with caustic soda, bringing together painterly textures and graphic forms in a colourful multi-block print.
Throughout this course you will learn how to:
-Design and draw your design onto two linoleum blocks
-Use a variety of specialist printmaking equipment and materials
-Plan and stage your prints
-Use caustic soda to achieve painterly results and combine them with traditional lino cut
-Use a printing press to make a set of printsThis popular course is ideal for beginners or repeat attendees.
The studio is a low-toxic environment with dedicated printmaking facilities for professional hands-on learning.Once you have completed the course we recommend signing up to one of our other Printmaking courses to learn a new technique, or join us for Open Access sessions on Wednesday evening and Saturdays during the day, giving you the opportunity to further develop your printmaking skills.
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Printmaking: Collagraph
Course Code: WC2302PR86 Tutor: Jackie Smith Course Dates: Saturday 27th & Sunday 28th January, 2024 Days: 2 Times: 10.00am – 5.00pm Experience Level: Ages 18+, All Levels Fee: £195 Location: Art Academy London, 165A Mermaid Court, SE1 1HR Recommend booking before: Friday 12th January 2024 £195.00Collagraphs are made by collaging onto, and cutting into, a thin cardboard surface. Many interesting textures can be used to build up plates including, textured tapes/paper/fabrics, glue, carborundum grit and even leaves. Plates can be printed both in intaglio or relief and as a multi-plate print. You will learn how to create a variety of textures, how to use chine collé (experimenting with thin surfaces) to overlay colour and register two plates on top of each other. You will come away with a small edition of colourful prints and expand your knowledge of a process that is both an exciting and affordable form of printmaking.
This course is suitable for all levels.