The Portrait – 5 Week Course
Explore a range of exciting portrait processes on this five-week course. During the course you will explore and be guided through a variety of techniques for representing the portrait including drawing, monoprint and painting. You’ll explore chiaroscuro in both drawing and monoprinting, will add decorative elements to your prints and learn how to observe and create accurate facial proportions.
There will also be an emphasis on colour mixing to create a painted portrait in acrylics. You’ll learn how to use oil based printmaking inks and our etching presses to create monoprinted works in addition to drawings and paintings.
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Mono-Screen Printing
9th May 2026 - 9th May 2026
A fun and expressive approach to screen printing for any experience level. Mono screen printing involves applying or painting colour directly onto an open screen…
Two Colour Lino Printing – 2 Week Course
11th May 2026 - 18th May 2026
On this two-session evening course you’ll learn how to create a multi-colour lino print. Explore the reduction method of linocut to develop an edition of…
Textile Screen Printing
16th May 2026 - 16th May 2026
On this one day textile screen printing workshop you will learn how to prepare imagery for screen printing, and how to coat and expose screens…
Introduction to Screen Printing – 5 Week Course
21st April 2026 - 19th May 2026
Explore the process of screen printing onto paper and develop your confidence as an independent screen printer. You will learn how to register and layer…
Drypoint Taster Session
23rd May 2026 - 23rd May 2026
Join us for a fun printmaking taster session to make a series of prints using the intaglio printing process of drypoint etching. You will learn…
Letterpress Taster Day
30th May 2026 - 30th May 2026
Spend a day working with traditional wood type and metal type to create prints using letterpress techniques. You’ll have the opportunity to use our wood…
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