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During this workshop, students will explore making monotype transfer drawings, carborundum collagraphs and drypoint lines on plastic plates. Transfer drawing is a great way to loosen up and refresh your appreciation for the marks and shapes of the natural world. We will employ these “sketches” to provide the imagery for making our collagraph / drypoint plates.  The term collagraph stems...more » Disturbing the Surface: Drypoint and Carborundum Monoprints with Akua Demo Artist Joyce Silverstone

Revel in the pleasure of subtle, immediate mark making as you explore a variety of printmaking techniques. Through transfer drawing, subtractive monotype, and drypoint etching, create a series of expressive prints that convey the feeling of being in nature. Knowing how to "draw" is not necessary; just bring a willingness to experience the feeling of...more » Printmaking: Focus on Expressive Drawing from Nature with Akua Demo Artist Joyce Silverstone

This online Zoom presentation is the basic introductory lesson I offer in most of my hands-on workshops. It is the best place to start if you have never taken one of my workshops or just need a refresher. Monotype is the most direct of all the printmaking processes – It is a painting on a...more » Intro to Monotype with or without a Press with Ron Pokrasso

The art of integrating collage materials within a monotype composition is the focus of this demo. You will learn about the differences between chine colle and collage and the various adhesives we’ll use while working with dry paper. You will see a wide range of uses and methods of application and how to approach the...more » Chine Colle’ with Monotype

Contact, Transfer or Trace monotype all refer to the same process of creating printed marks on paper. It’s a great way to make graphic imagery with a printerly feel. Many of us remember when we wanted to make a carbon copy on the typewriter. And the time we put the carbon paper in backwards? The...more » Trace Monotype without a Press