Lino Printing for Beginners - Arnold Library - Adult Learning

• Date: 13 May - 17 June 2024
• Sessions: Mondays: 6pm - 8pm
• No. sessions: 5
• Venue: Arnold Library, Nottingham
• For ages: 19+
• Group size: 5 - 12
• Cost: FREE - £30

This 5 week course will introduce you to the technique of Lino printing. You will sketch ideas, learn how to cut the lino safely and print it using the necessary equipment and inks provided.

This course is suitable for anyone who is new to lino printing. Or even if you have tried it in the past, it may have been a long time ago, so this will be a fun reminder of what you can achieve in a small space of time.

Over the 5 weeks of the course, you will learn how to draw sketches suitable for lino printing and learn how to cut the lino and print it using inks. Remember to wear suitable clothing, it can get messy!

By the end of the course, you will: understand what the various lino tools/equipment/inks are used for and what is the most effective way to use those tools to get the best results. You will understand what kind of sketches you can do in the future that will result in effective lino printing designs.

Please bring:

Overall or wear clothing that may get paint on them

Polymer Blue Lino (Grey is also fine) 15cmx10cm x 1

• Overall or wear clothing that may get paint on them
• Polymer Blue Lino (Grey is also fine) 15cmx10cm x 1
• Block Printing Watercolour 300ml Black
• Block Printing Watercolour 300ml Green
• Block Printing Watercolour 300ml Red
• Block Printing Watercolour 300ml Blue
• A4 White paper

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for furtherinformation https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

• Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
• Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:

• Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
• Greater London
• Greater Manchester
• Liverpool City Region
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
• Tees Valley
• West of England
• West Midlands
• West Yorkshire

Check the FAQs page, or get in touch:

• By phone: 01623 677 200
• By email: [email protected]

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Arnold Library, Front Street, Nottingham, United Kingdom