Name: Introduction to Scratchboard - Eastern Bettong, with Joan McKay
Start: 2024-08-24T09:30:00+10:00
Location: M16 Artspace 21 Blaxland Crescent Griffith, Canberra, ACT, Australia, Australian Capital Territory 2603

Introduction to Scratchboard - Eastern Bettong, with Joan McKay

Meet a live Eastern Bettong and learn how to use tools to learn scratchboard techniques and create a realistic image of a Eastern Bettong. This beautiful medium uses drawing skills as its basis, applied to an ink-covered clay board surface.
Date/Time : 24 - 25 August 2024, Saturday and Sunday, 9.30am - 4.30pm AEST
Location: NatureArt Lab Studio, M16 Artspace, 21 Blaxland Crescent, Griffith, Canberra
About the workshop:
Become familiar with using tools such as craft blades and tattoo needles to scrape away the black Indian ink on Ampersand scratchboards to expose the white clay layer beneath and the greys in between. Become confident in rendering objects with a range of mark making techniques.
This is a studio course and a kit can be purchased from Joan for $30.00 which includes the scratchboards, tools and reference photos, and a short materials list to complete the project.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the workshop you will be able to:
- Use scratchboard tools, a craft knife, tattoo needles and other tools, to demonstrate techniques including creating textures, form and contrasts on Ampersand Scratchboards.
- Render small objects using these techniques.
- Be familiar with the anatomy of a Eastern Bettong and analyse the design and techniques used to create exemplary scratchboard examples of bettongs and other animals.
- Create a Bettong on a 5“ x 7” Ampersand scratchboard from a photo image by tracing it and working in layers of scratching.
- Develop the image further using ink and highlighting, considering the form and composition.
- Understand how to select and process an image ready to use on a scratchboard and to complete a scratchboard with spraying and framing.
Level of experience: Suitable for students from beginners through to intermediate who wish to develop their scratchboard skills. Intermediate students will have the opportunity to add colour to their work.