About this Event
Please find below all the information you need regarding workshop attendance.
DATE 27/28TH March 2021
TIME 10am - 4pm
VENUE Lions Club Hall, 8 Russell Drysdale Street, East Gosford
Michael Kempson is a Senior Lecturer, Convenor of Printmaking Studies & Director of Cicada Press UNSW and a vice-dean of the International Academic Printmaking Alliance based in Beijing, China. Michael is also a practising artist and master printmaker with a wealth of experience working with generations of printmaking students through to accomplished artists across Australia and internationally. He has worked with over 250 artists that have included Elisabeth Cummings, John Coburn, John Olsen, Fiona Hall, Tim Storrier, Euan Macleod, Noel McKenna, Judy Watson, Alan Jones, Reg Mombassa, Vernon Ah Kee, Fiona Foley, Michael Nelson Jagamara, Vincent Namatjira and Nicholas Harding.
• What is the difference between a monoprint and a monotype? There is often confusion between the two. Monoprints are variable images taken from a matrix that has the potential to be editionable. A monotype is a one-of-a-kind print that will exist in its own ‘unique state’. It starts with a clean, even surface, then adding ink or paint and working the surface to create an image before taking an impression on paper.
This workshop will focus on the skills required to create monotypes using watercolour. Participants will be asked to bring a range of ideas that can form the basis for imagery to be translated into artworks using the nuances that the medium of watercolour make possible, aligned with the unique qualities of a printed image. Brushes will be used to apply watercolour to specially prepared plates, images will be printed using a specific methodology and there will be ample opportunity to create a large amount of work in various sizes.
A knowledge of watercolour would be useful, but no previous experience is necessary.
What will be covered
• Introduction to the process and examples of monotypes
• Preparation of printing matrixes
• Application of watercolour to the printing matrix
• The do’s and don’ts of drying the watercolour
• Preparation for printing a monotype
• How to ink the plate
• Taking an impression and the variables of different types of paper
• Print aftercare.
Students will require to bring:
• A range of brushes suitable for watercolour
• Watercolour – the better the quality the better the outcome. (A minimum of a range of warm and cool primaries, white and black)
• A plate or something to mix watercolour
• Water bottle
• Your art journal and creative ideas
• Lunch & morning/afternoon tea (tea, coffee and milk are provided).
• Your own cup, hand sanitiser, a face mask
Supplied
Grained lithographic plates in a range of sizes
2 sheets of paper (more will be available for sale)
Some watercolour paints
Some brushes
You will need to wear closed in shoes while working in the studio for work health safety reasons.
Warm regards
The Makers Studio
It is essential if you are unwell on the day of the workshop that you do not attend under any circumstances. You will, if your absence is due to Covid 19 concerns, be given a credit for an equivalent value workshop. Please refer to the Covid 19 Management Plan on our website www.themakersstudio.org.au
Please sign in/out with TMS Service NSW QR Code.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Makers Studio Central Coast Inc., 8 Russell Drysdale Street, East Gosford, Australia
AUD 300.00 to AUD 330.00