About this Event
Painterly Aquatint Techniques with Ernesto Ortiz Leyva
3 weeks, Wednesdays, 6 – 9pm
May 29 – June 12, 2024
Fee: $300 including materials and 9 hours of studio time
This course offers a comprehensive exploration of aquatint methods, focusing on sugar lift, white (soap) ground, and spit bite techniques. Through hands-on demonstrations and practical exercises, students will learn how to manipulate the aquatint process to achieve a wide range of tonal values, textures, and expressive effects. Emphasis on creative experimentation and personal expression during the class will help students develop their unique artistic voice within the realm of aquatint etching. No prior etching/aquatint experiences are necessary.
Ernesto Ortiz Leyva is an artist born in El Paso, Texas and now based in Brooklyn. Ernesto attended the Ecole superieure d’art et de design Marseille- Mediterranee, in Marseille, France in 2003 before receiving BFA from the California College of the Arts in 2005; and MFA in Drawing and Painting from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2014. In 2003, He has been a recipient of the RA Brown Memorial Scholarship (2003); the Robert Ralls Memorial Scholarship (2004); the New Artist Society Merit Scholarship by The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2012); and Artist in Residence program (2017) at IPCNY, now known as Print Center New York. His work has recently been exhibited at the Editions/ Artists’ Books Fair and Art on Paper in Manhattan. He currently teaches Printmaking at Hunter College and Visualization and Representation at Pratt Institute.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Lower East Side Printshop Inc., West 37th Street, New York, NY, USA, United States
USD 300.00
