Monotype Starter

03/11/2025 - 04/01/2025 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Level: Beginner, Intermediate

Registration opens on 02/04/2025

Price

$222

Member Price

$188.7

Material Fee: 30

Room: Printroom

200 Grant Street Denver

Tickets go on sale on 02/04/2025

All the basics of print room procedure at your own pace. Learn drawing with a brayer, painting, stenciling, color and layers followed up with creative discussion. Certifies you to safely use the press and print room independently. Beginners welcome.

Week 1: Print room protocols, Simple B&W prints with ghosts
Week 2: Setting press, color mixing, registration
Week 3: More color and registration, resist effects, layering
Week 4: Sampler of different upcycle relief, drypoint techniques, prepping for framing

Joe Higgins

Please bring:
-3-5 sheets printing paper, such as Rives BFK or Lightweight; Arches Cover or Text Wove; Arnheim or Canson Edition. 1 or less is sufficient for each session. Update: Arnheim also works great for Akua inks and is a cheaper alternative
1 small tube black oil based etching ink, litho ink, or block printing ink Akua water soluble inks also acceptable, but the demos will be in oil based ink. And they cannot be mixed with oils.

Optional:
1 small tube white oil based ink
small tubes color oil based ink (limited amount of donated color inks available to try before you buy)
Small (1-2"") soft rubber brayer Example: Speedball (The League has larger ones)

Optional:
1-2 sheets of Mylar, any thickness
Apron, Nitrile gloves (League has some aprons and gloves)
Paper towels or cotton rags with a plastic bag to take used ones home with you)

Tickets go on sale on 02/04/2025

Joe Higgins

Ages 14-17 | Teen Studio Night, Printmaking - JAN

Date: 01/10/2025 - 01/31/2025

Time: 5:00 PM

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