Monotype Starter

Monotype Starter

Adult Course | This program is completed

200 Grant Street Denver, CO 80203 United States

Printroom

Beginner, Intermediate

3/12/2023-4/2/2023

12:30 PM-4:00 PM MDT on Sun

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$215.00

$183.50

All the basics of print room procedure at your own pace. Learn drawing with a brayer, painting, stenciling, color and layers followed up with creative discussion. Certifies you to safely use the press and print room independently. Beginners welcome.

  • Week 1: Print room protocols, Simple B&W prints with ghosts
    Week 2: Setting press, color mixing, registration
    Week 3: More color and registration, resist effects, layering
    Week 4: Sampler of different upcycle relief, drypoint techniques, prepping for framing
  • Please bring:
    -3-5 sheets printing paper, such as Rives BFK or Lightweight; Arches Cover or Text Wove; Arnheim or Canson Edition. 1 or less is sufficient for each session. Update: Arnheim also works great for Akua inks and is a cheaper alternative
    1 small tube black oil based etching ink, litho ink, or block printing ink Akua water soluble inks also acceptable, but the demos will be in oil based ink. And they cannot be mixed with oils.

    Optional:
    1 small tube white oil based ink
    small tubes color oil based ink (limited amount of donated color inks available to try before you buy)
    Small (1-2"") soft rubber brayer Example: Speedball (The League has larger ones)

    Optional:
    1-2 sheets of Mylar, any thickness
    Apron, Nitrile gloves (League has some aprons and gloves)
    Paper towels or cotton rags with a plastic bag to take used ones home with you)

I work in monotype and my pictures deal with the vexations of making connections of the spirit. The images are representational, but also conceptual and symbolic. I use distressed landscapes as a metaphor for the uncertainties of life, or interiors to express ineffable messages of the heart. I've shown in many venues including Boulder Art Center, Sangre de Christo Arts Center, Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, and the Aspen Art Museum . In 1988, I was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship by the Colorado Council on the Arts. http://www.joehigginsmonotypes.com