Category: Demo and Course Descriptions

intro to monotype

This online presentation is the basic introductory lesson I offer in most of my hands-on workshops. It is the best place to start if you have never taken one of my workshops or just need a refresher. Monotype is the most direct of all the printmaking processes – It is a painting on a plastic […]

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Chine Colle’

The art of integrating collage materials within a monotype composition is the focus of this online demo. You will learn about the differences between chine colle and collage and the various adhesives. You will see a wide range of uses and methods of application and how to approach the relationship between an ongoing composition and […]

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Trace Monotype

Contact, Transfer or Trace monotype in this online demo all refer to the same process of creating printed marks on paper. It’s a great way to make a graphic mark with a printerly feel. Remember when you wanted to make a carbon copy on the typewriter? And the time you put the carbon paper in […]

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Viscosity Monotype

This online presentation outlines the basic concepts and demonstrates how Akua inks can be used in viscosity printmaking. You will learn how to use modifiers to adjust the viscosity of inks and how to test your process to obtain perfect results.

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Veil and textures in monotype

In this online demo you’ll learn how a veil can be a great way to reduce previously printed imagery. Similar to using white paint in a painting a veil can be used in printmaking with great flexibility to soften or eliminate information. There are a number of ways to use textures in a monotype composition. […]

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Monothon

The Monothon is a fundraising event conceived by Ron Adams and myself and originally begun at The College of Santa Fe in 1987. Artists find sponsors and sponsors find artists to work fully assisted with Master Printers during a marathon of monotype printing sessions. One work from each artist session is retained by the host […]

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The Three by Three series

The Monotype Mark is the first of a series of three short workshops. It covers a wide range of techniques possible in the monotype process including additive and subtractive approaches, ink rolling methods, stencils and templates, the use of the ghost, contact monotype, viscosity, plate and paper registration and continues through the use of chine […]

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Mixed Bag / Mixed Bag Extension

The 5- day Mixed Bag workshop incorporates a little bit of this and a little bit of that. It is essentially the Three by Three series (see below) compressed into one week. Included are lessons in monotype, chine colle, photopolymer platemaking as well as panel construction and lamination. There is a lot of information presented […]

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Paper To Panel

This workshop focuses on the transformation of works on paper to panels that can then be handled as paintings, collages, and assemblages. Various forms of printmaking set the stage for paper images. Then using woodworking tools, wood panels, and hollow core doors participants will learn how to construct their own substrates for furthering their compositions. […]

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Beyond Monotype or Layers and Plates, with a Side of Solarplate or ImagOn

These workshops are designed to bring together various contemporary platemaking processes with monotype and collage to create unique, mixed media prints or Edition Varied prints. You will learn one or more of the processes of Solarplate, Solar Platinum, and ImagOn to create repeatable imagery. This includes the preparation of your artwork for platemaking, the use […]

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