Posted on 14th Jul 2010 @ 6:49 AM

eStudio Editions is now running workshops.

I will be taking one day workshops teaching a range printmaking techniques.

For beginners there will be some printing en plein-air that can be done easily back in your own studio/home without a press or specialist equipment.

I will also teach advanced woodblock, collagraph and colour techniques.

My wife Tracy Smith is an award winning artist. She will be teaching fresco techniques with contemporary materials, and traditional formulas for painters including egg tempera, traditional gesso etc.

If you want to stay in the area local accommodation is available through the Scotland Island Lodge or Pittwater Youth Hostel. 

 

Dates for workshops

 

Printing from Nature

August 14th 10am-4pm

$120 All materials will be provided.

Beginners, intermediate or advanced

I will lead a small group through an easy walk in the Kurin-gai National park. drawing inspiration from the local textures to create innovative prints.

Contact us to get details of how to get there.

 

Colloblock printing

August 21 st

Sept 18th 10am-4pm

$120 All materials will be provided.

Intermediate and advanced.

Over the years I have developed a technique called colloblock, which is a combination of collagraph and woodblock. I will demonstrate how to make your own inks from pigment as well as lead each student through the process of creating their own multi-colour colloblock print.

Contact us to get details of how to get there.

 

Fresco (with contemporary Materials)

August 28th 10am-4pm

$120 All materials will be provided.

Beginners Intermediate or Advanced

Tracy Smith will be teaching this enduring technique using contemporary and easily available materials. She will give a brief overview of the history and give students the opportunity to explore a few different techniques.

(fresco, secco, scraffito etc) The workshop will be in her studio on Scotland Island.

To see some of tracy's work go to her web site www.tracysmith.com.au.

 

Still Life in Egg Tempera

August 11th &12th 10am-4pm

$120 All materials will be provided.

Beginners Intermediate or Advanced

Tracy Smith will lead the students through this traditional painting technique. Grinding the pigments into egg yolk and applying them onto a traditional gesso ground to create a still life painting that explores the glowing colours of this medieval process.