About this Event
Day: Wednesdays
Dates: 21 January 2026 – 18 March 2026
1 x week break for Half Term – Wednesday, February 18
Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Level: Beginners (18+)
Tutor: Ben Topping
Location: 124 Kennington Park Road, London, SE11 4DJ
Cost: £278 / Early Bird rate: £250
Over the course of this 8-week programme, you will learn the fundamentals of traditional etching and intaglio printmaking.
While participating in the course, you will learn how to prepare a plate, apply a wax ground and work with an aquatint. You will learn different mark making techniques throughout each process, and how to print a plate using intaglio.
By the end of the course, you will have a strong understanding and knowledge of etching and will be able to leave with prints demonstrating the skills you have learnt.
Week 1 – Soft Ground
Week 2 – Hard Ground
Week 3 – Sugar Lift, Aquatint
Week 4 – Sugar Lift, Aquatint
Week 5 – Experimental Grounds (Water Mixable Oil Paints)
Week 6 – Chine Colle
Week 7 – Multi-Plate Printing
Week 8 – Editioning
What is included: All teaching and materials
What isn’t included: Images – if you would prefer to work from images, sketches or pictures you have taken, whether physical or digital, please bring these with you to the class. Please also bring an apron/wear clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty.
10% discount available for City & Guilds of London Art School undergraduate, postgraduate and foundation students and alumni, and staff. Contact to receive the discount code.
Participants must be aged over 18.
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City & Guilds of London Art School, City & Guilds of London Art School, London, United Kingdom
GBP 250.00 to GBP 278.00
