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Etching for Beginners

Weekend Course

Sat 18th & Sun 19th Jan 2025
11am – 3pm

3 places left!

Suitable for beginners

£144.00£160.00

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NOTE: If you are booking on behalf of one or more persons, please include all attendees names in the Order Notes section at checkout.

Learn how to create an etched plate with line drawing and aquatint from your drawings during this two day course.

 

What will you learn?

During this in-depth two-day course, we will cover an introduction to etching. Students will create two plates (one zinc, one copper), incorporating an initial line bite as well as a tonal aquatint using the safer methods of Acrylic Resist Etching.

Hard Ground Line Drawing
Line Drawing with hard ground is the basis of creating an etched plate; the fundamental teaching of using a drawn line to produce a composition. This method can be strongly linked to those with a love for drawing and composition, as well as working meticulously and methodically. This technique incorporates the preparation of metal plate, the use of hard ground resist along with etching the line drawing through the resist, before finally cleaning and printing the plate using the intaglio method.

Aquatint
Aquatint in etching is the means in which varied tones are applied to the surface of the plate, in order to create various tones on the print itself. These tones are achieved through a series of incrementally bitten (or etched) dots into a chosen matrix. This technique is usually a follow-on technique to Line Drawing, but can also be used as a stand-alone process for creating a tonal print from scratch.

 

Topics covered:

  • A brief history of etching and its terminology
  • Paper types, tools and materials in intaglio printmaking
  • How to produce your own prints using the methods covered
  • How to sign and edition your prints
HOW TO BOOK:

To book this course, please select the date and pricing option that is most suitable for you and continue your order through to checkout. Payment can be made via Card or PayPal. We will email you to confirm your booking.

If you would like to book a tailored course, please contact us to confirm your selected date(s) before booking.

 

PRICING OPTIONS:

Regular
Our regular rate is applicable if you are currently in full or part time employment.

Concessionary / Student
Our concessionary rate is applicable if you are aged 60 years or older, aged 13 years or younger, and/or in receipt of any state benefits. If you are aged 13+ years, and in full-time education or currently studying towards an undergraduate or post-graduate degree.

GD Member
Members of the studio receive a 10% discount on all of our courses. Become a member?

 

HOW TO PREPARE:

All materials and notes are included in the price of this workshop. No previous experience of printmaking is required unless noted in the course details. Young printmakers are encouraged, aged 13+.

For details about what to prepare before for your course begins, please read through our How to Prepare page.

 

CANCELLATIONS:

Green Door requires 5 working days notice of cancellation of a booked course/workshop. Any advance payment made in excess of the non-refundable deposit (50% of the course price) will be returned unless you are able to make arrangements with Green Door Printmaking Studio to reschedule your course booking.

As a courtesy it is always preferable to notify us of your cancellation even if it falls within the cancellation notice period.

Green Door reserves the right to postpone any course bookings until future notice. We will always keep you informed should any changes to your course booking arise.

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