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How do you build confidence in your mark making skills?

I think keeping the skill building fun and the learning fast helps. That is one reason I like gelatin printmaking. I can lay down ink and stencils rather quickly and lots of prints quite fast.

Add some awareness and learning and skill building happens.

Gelatin plate monotype printing is often spontaneous, intuitive and feedback can be immediate. Other forms of printmaking can require more planning and preparation.

Pull a pile of Mountain scape prints, with the tips and instructions in the online course, Monochromatic Mountains. It is on sale for the month of April, save $25, now only $50 USD. Get all the details on the workshop page.

 

Trees are one of my go to subjects. They are easy to abstract and fun to create.

I get my inspiration from my walks in the woods, but I also see amazing old trees every where.

I can be fun to try to capture the likeness of that favorite tree.

Sometimes I get close and notice the texture of the bark and things growing there, moss, ivy, bittersweet, and the like.

The look and feel of the tree changes with the seasons. Winter offers bare branches and monochromatic color. In the spring I notice fresh green and red buds fill the branches. Summer is a lush canopy of greens. And the Fall can be a riot of brilliant colors.

I have wanted to capture “that” tree in all of its seasons, but just have not done it yet.

This admiration of trees lead me to create the Torn Tree Workshop. It is about making abstract forests with simple printmaking and drawing techniques. This month of March I am offering this 12 lesson class for only $50. USD. Check out the details.

I like to combine my woods walks and my art inspiration.

 

I invite you to join me in the online class, the Gelatin Print Project.

I feel that one way to build printmaking skills is to pull a lot of prints. And the immediacy of gelatin printmaking lends itself to making lots of prints very quickly. In this class we will build layers on light and delicate base prints.

You will learn how to get the most from your impressions, layering and combining:

• shaped impressions
• detailed impressions
• spot pick ups
• light ghost impressions

Read all the details on the workshop page. Class starts January 10th, 2025.