SKETCH BOOK SUMMER SCHOOL/ MASTER CLASS FULL
14-16 August.
This 3 day workshop will guide you through the development of a sketch book with Sue Brown.
Learn to use a variety of layered mixed media techniques. Experiment with mark making using acrylic paint, ink, bleach and hand made tools. Explore the use of gum arabic transfer printing. Play with stamps and embossing powders as a creative tool. Rip, stick and manipulate.
Over 3 days you will fill up a sketch book, supplied as part of the workshop and explore your creativity. Learn how to beat that blank page syndrome that strikes us down as soon as we open a new sketch book. Learn how I develop my sketch book pages. This workshop will study mixed media techniques in further depth than the 2 day workshops held earlier in the year. Spend 3 days exploring personal imagery with light technical support.
10am - 4pm each day
Cost: £280 to include a sketch book, 21 x 10cm and most materials.
AUTUMN TERM
GUM ARABIC TRANSFER PRINTING ON FABRIC FULL
5 SEPTEMBER
Create a stash of textile prints to embellish and develop at a later date. Using a black and white photocopy, transfer indelible images of drawings or text onto a variety of textile surface.
Cost £80 to include most materials
MIXED MEDIA FABRIC BOOK
12-13 SEPTEMBER
Using gum arabic transfer printing, acrylic resist, mono print, stitching and stamping to name just a few of the techniques covered, create several excitingly textural textile books. At the end of the workshop you will have created at least 2 fabric books exploring layering techniques using traditional and nontraditional textile materials
Cost £180 to include most materials
COLLAGRAPH ON FABRIC.
19- 20 SEPTEMBER
Explore the creative possibilities of printing collagraph plates onto fabric surfaces. After 2 days you will have a series of exciting and experimental prints. You will learn a couple of plate making techniques and several inking processes. A good starting point for those who have never made a collagraph before or artists who want to develop their practice.
Cost £180 to include most materials
COLLAGRAPH WITH A LINO PRINT TWIST.
10-11 OCTOBER
Spend 2 days learning how to make collagraph plates using glue and wall papers printed together with a lino print feature. The workshop will cover registration of images, chine collee and a variety of inking techniques.
This is an ideal workshop for artists who want to extend their printmaking knowledge and beginners who want to learn some basic printmaking.
Cost £180 to include most materials
GUM ARABIC TRANSFER PRINTING ON FABRIC
FRIDAY 16 OCTOBER
Create a stash of textile prints to embellish and develop at a later date. Using a black and white photocopy, transfer indelible images of drawings or text onto a variety of textile surface.
Cost £80 to include most materials
PRINTMAKING MASTER CLASS: NEW FOR 2020
This 3 day Master Class will cover 3 printmaking techniques and how to combine them to create a mixed printed image. At the end of the course you will take home an artists book of your experiments for future reference.
The processes I will cover will be simple collagraph, dry point, lino and gum arabic transfer printing. I will add chine collee to the mix, together with several inking techniques.
We will spend the Sunday afternoon creating a concertina book of your printed experiments as an reference for future printmaking projects.
10am - 4pm each day
Cost: £300 to include most materials
MIXED MEDIA SKETCHBOOK MASTER CLASS. Includes Gum Arabic transfer.
6-8 NOVEMBER
Over 3 days you will fill up a sketch book, supplied as part of the workshop and explore your creativity. Learn how to beat that blank page syndrome that strikes us down as soon as we open a new sketch book. Learn how I develop my sketch book pages. This workshop will study mixed media techniques in further depth than the 2 day workshops held earlier in the year. Spend 3 days exploring personal imagery with light technical support.
10am - 4pm each day
Cost: £280 to include a sketch book, 21 x 10cm and most materials.
MIXED MEDIA FABRIC BOOK
21-22 November.
Using gum arabic transfer printing, acrylic resist, mono print, stitching and stamping to name just a few of the techniques covered, create several excitingly textural textile books. At the end of the workshop you will have created at least 2 fabric books exploring layering techniques using traditional and nontraditional textile materials
Cost £180 to include most materials
VISCOSITY MONOPRINTING.
5 December
Take mono print to the next creative level by using viscosity inking techniques. Spend the day creating a series of coloured images and understanding a little about ink science.
Cost £80 to include most materials
2021
MIXED MEDIA SKETCHBOOK TECHNIQUES: Includes Gum Arabic transfer.
16-17 January
This is Sue Brown’s signature workshop and will kick start your creative year.
Using Gum Arabic and the humble black-and-white photocopy as your ‘plate’, you can make prints of photographic images.
Together with a variety of mixed media techniques using ink, oil pastel, bleach and acrylic learn how to create personal sketch book pages and artist books.
Beat the blank page syndrome.
Cost £190 to include most materials
(Please bring strongly contrasting toner photocopies and sketch books).
GUM ARABIC TRANSFER PRINTING ON FABRIC
FRIDAY 22 Jauary
Create a stash of textile prints to embellish and develop at a later date. Using a black and white photocopy, transfer indelible images of drawings or text onto a variety of textile surface.
Cost £80 to include most materials
Making Collagraphs using Plaster
30-31 January
There are many ways to make a collagraph plate. This workshop will focus on using found textures pressed leaves, flowers, rubber stamps and textured wall papers, pressed into plaster to create textural plates. Together with glue to create tonal contrasts explore this flexible plate making process. You will also learn several ways to ink the plates culminating in viscosity inking. After 2 days you will have a series of exciting and experimental prints.
Cost £190 to include most materials
MIXED MEDIA FABRIC BOOK
27 - 28 February
Using gum arabic transfer printing, acrylic resist, mono print, stitching and stamping to name just a few of the techniques covered, create several excitingly textural textile books. At the end of the workshop you will have created at least 2 fabric books exploring layering techniques using traditional and nontraditional textile materials
Cost £190 to include most materials
FOR DETAILS AND BOOKING
Additional Information
All costs include materials unless otherwise stated.
Places are not considered booked without the receipt of the full course cost.
Costs are none refundable or transferable.
All courses are suitable for beginners and experienced artists.
The weekend courses start at 10.00am till 4.00pm.
Bring a packed lunch. Tea and coffee are provided.
Printmaking is a messy business so old clothes and aprons are advised.
All course fees must be paid 1 week before the course start date.
"I am an artist using collagraph printmaking to tell stories."
