Join us for a 2-hour workshop where we will be using linoleum blocks to create small prints and transfer them onto tea towels. During this workshop, we will cover the basics of linoleum block printing, from transferring an image onto a small block to carving the image, printing, and setting the image.
Over the course of a month, you will immerse yourself in the world of printmaking. Each week, we will explore a new technique, allowing you to apply your artistic style and ideas to various print media. We will cover linoleum relief prints, dry point intaglio on plexiglass, and screen print monotypes. Additionally, we will discuss the history of printmaking and highlight contemporary artists who incorporate print into their practices.
Explore repeatable printmaking at its easiest, most accessible form. This workshop will teach you these ins and outs of non-chemical intaglio printmaking—a centuries-old technique for translating drawings and marks into a repeatable edition of prints. Using simple skills, artists will have the opportunity to discover the ease of quick and easy intaglio printing.
This class will explore the principles of narrative storytelling and visually interpreting them in comic book form. Students will leave with three to four complete short form stories by the end of the class and a greater awareness of how stories are structured and what makes them work.
Have you ever wanted to learn letterpress printing? Are you looking to create posters or work on a personal project but need more space? Join Kath Yarkosky for a two-hour open workshop held every first Thursday of the month! Whether a beginner or an experienced printer, you'll find a supportive community and space to explore our wood and lead-type collection. We have a Vandercook Universal #1 press, a Galley proofing press, and a large selection of inks. The workshop will provide various papers for proofing and printing.
Learn the basics of silkscreen or take your practice to the next level! This 4 week class will focus on creating multi-layer prints by exposing hand-drawn separations onto silkscreens. Students will learn every step of the process, plus tips and tricks for perfecting the multi-layered print. Class time will include demonstrations, one-on-one work with the instructor, group discussions, and creating a new body of work or experimenting with new ideas.
Do you love Valentine's Day? Do you hate Valentine's Day? Great - we've got the perfect event for you! Come to Frontline and use our awesome die-cutting machine to cut out heart shapes, envelopes, boxes or whatever your heart desires! We will also have some letterpress, screen printing and monotype techniques available. So come have fun, have some snacks, hang out and support Frontline Arts.
Enjoy experimenting with textures, colors, and design by exercising your drawing and painting skills to make mono-prints with different techniques. We will create layers by adding and subtracting ink, tracing, image transfer, stencils, collagraph, linocut, and open work time. Learn various registration methods to align your layers perfectly, and strategize your printing process to get the most out of every session.
Adults, bring your creative kid to try different techniques and make various prints together! We will explore mono-printing with foam and gel plates, collagraph-making, stamp-making, puzzle linocuts, and open work time. Attending parent or guardian participation is required for each child.
In this workshop, we invite you to bring one 9x12" sketch to create one shaped intaglio plate using Tetra Pak containers (such as those used for boxed milk, soy milk, almond milk, etc.). We will provide instructions on how to make each plate at home and demonstrate the necessary skills for the process. You will receive the Tetra Pak plates and Hahnemühle etching paper. We will supply all the essential tools and Akua ink, allowing you to develop one image and produce a small edition of prints. All experience levels welcome!
Over the course of three months, we will work together as a group to each create a large-scale woodcut. The maximum size for the woodcut will be compatible with our Charles Brand press, allowing us to print on a block measuring approximately 35” x 54”, or smaller, 24" x 48" or equivalent.
Open to artists of all drawing levels, this class offers a welcoming, light-hearted, yet academic approach to decoding the human figure. Participants will draw from a live nude model in each session and loosen up with quick gestures, then move into several short poses (2 minutes and 5 minutes) as well as longer poses (up to 1 hour in 20-minute segments). Anatomy of the skeletal and muscular systems will be observed to aid in rendering the model’s shapes and emotive expression.
Join us for a one-day intensive workshop where we will explore experimental printmaking techniques to create unique prints. As a group, we will experiment with various objects, including clothing, stuffed animals, plants, bubble wrap, leaves, fabric, and textures, running them through the press. Participants will work with paper lithography, pressure printing, transfer methods, and various monoprint techniques.
Discover the image-making, layering, and color possibilities of reduction linocut printmaking, while learning the tips and tricks of this challenging medium. Working with simple tools and techniques, as well as exploring the possibilities of color, artists will create an edition of three (or more)-color prints over four sessions. Some experience is suggested; beginners are welcome.
Take your practice to the next level! This 4 week class will focus on creating multi-layer prints by exposing hand-drawn separations onto silkscreens. Students will learn every step of the process, plus tips and tricks for perfecting the multi-layered print. Class time will include demonstrations, one-on-one work with the instructor, group discussions, and creating a new body of work or experimenting with new ideas.
Explore repeatable printmaking at its easiest, most accessible form. This workshop will teach you these ins and outs of non-chemical intaglio printmaking—a centuries-old technique for translating drawings and marks into a repeatable edition of prints. Using simple skills, artists will have the opportunity to discover the ease of quick and easy intaglio printing.
Adults, bring your creative kid to try different techniques and make various prints together! We will explore mono-printing with foam and gel plates, collagraph-making, stamp-making, puzzle linocuts, and open work time. Attending parent or guardian participation is required for each child.
Dip your toes into the world of bookmaking in this non-exhaustive workshop exploring binding basics, cut-and-fold books and zines, and adhesive and stitched structures. Artists will create a suite of nearly a dozen book forms, learning the skills needed to bring bookmaking into their artmaking practice.
Open to artists of all drawing levels, this class offers a welcoming, light-hearted, yet academic approach to decoding the human figure. Participants will draw from a live nude model in each session and loosen up with quick gestures, then move into several short poses (2 minutes and 5 minutes) as well as longer poses (up to 1 hour in 20-minute segments). Anatomy of the skeletal and muscular systems will be observed to aid in rendering the model’s shapes and emotive expression.
