Struggling with getting that perfect block printed gradient? Uneven inking? Colors not mixing as you’d hoped? There’s a reason for that—they’re not easy! In this 90 minute workshop we will troubleshoot all of the pitfalls and get you blend rolling your way to gradient perfection! ABOUT THE ARTIST Susana McDonnell is the owner of LinoCave,...more » Inking Clinic: Bodacious Blend Rolls-Virtual Workshop
In this two-part workshop with Speedball Artist Susana McDonnell, we will first create a repeat geometric pattern, carve it into a rubber block and then in the second half we will learn the ins and outs of printing it on fabric successfully with saturated impressions as well as a multi-tonal inking technique. Students will leave...more » Geometric Design Clinic-Virtual Workshop with Speedball Demo Artist, Susana McDonnell
Ages: Teens-Adults Some Previous Block Carving Experience Required Let’s go on a stamping journey together! In this six-week class we will take our stamping to a whole new level. We will explore overlaps, transparencies, multi-part stamps, and stamps that overlap themselves. There will also be carving tutorials designed just for carving perfect stamps. This will...more » Stamp Camp-Six Week Virtual Workshop with Speedball Demo Artist, Susana McDonnell
Ages Teen-Adult All Levels Up your geometric and repeat pattern design game in this two-hour drawing clinic. Bring your pencils, rulers, compasses, and most importantly, erasers, and take your patterns to a new level! We will discuss shapes that tesselate, lines, curves, secondary patterns, and more! Note: there is NO printing in this workshop, just...more » Geometric Design Clinic with Speedball Demo Artist, Susana McDonnell
Ages Teen-Adult All Levels In this three hour virtual workshop we will learn the full process of designing, carving and printing on fabric. I will suggest that a tea towel is a great place to start, but a piece of quilting fabric would be just fine too. Any PRE-WASHED fabric item that lays flat and...more » Fabric Block Printing-Virtual Workshop with Speedball Demo Artist, Susana McDonnell
Ages Teen-Adult Previous Block Printing Experience Required Bring your pre-carved block, your inks, tools and a fabric item or paper to print and lets spend two hours learning my signature ombré technique, a method of creating a multi-colored print using a single brayer and plexi and about how to achieve successful blend-rolls or gradients. We...more » Inking Clinic: Level-Up with Ombrés and Blend Rolls—Virtual Workshop with Speedball Demo Artist, Susana McDonnell
Carving Clinic Virtual Workshop Ages 13-Adult Some previous block carving experience required Ever look at someone’s Insta-perfect carve and wonder how they do it? Let’s spend 90 minutes together and to talk tools and tool care and practice a few different techniques to improve your carving skills. I will provide you with shapes to transfer...more » Carving Clinic—Virtual Workshop with Speedball Demo Artist, Susana McDonnell
March 4th - 28th 2022 SGCI RECEPTION Friday March 18th, 2022 - 7pm An exhibition of Latino printed artwork from MANO a MANO ( part of Instituto Gráfico de Chicago - IGC ) and friends. MANO a MANO & IGC are dedicated to maintaining the critical activist tradition of Latino printmaking that unites communities of struggle...more » Bridges Not Borders – Puentes No Fronteras
Arts Council of York County - Center for the Arts | DALTON GALLERY Imagery of recognizable objects, such as toasters, spoons, and ottomans, are combined with specific colour harmonies to suggest a particular emotion based on individual experience. Similar to the ideals of Romanticism, the combination of object and colour reference a unique time period...more » Surface Appeal with Fringe Benefits | works by Myles Calvert
