Private Party- Alcohol Ink on Tile

Teacher: Blaithe Donovan, NY certified Art Teacher

Date: Saturday September 26th 1:00-4:00

Cost: $50 Limit 10

Ages 12+

Block Printing Workshop:

In this workshop you will learn the basics of printmaking with a certified Art teacher. We will be carving stamps to print onto fabric. Create customized totes, towels, shirts and more! White Totes and t-shirts will be provided, if you wish to customize a personal item bring it with you! We can make your creative vision come to life.

Materials List (available at The Art Stop)

• Speedball Speedycarve 4 x 6
• Lino cutters
• Ebony pencils/pencils

Things we will provide

• Speedball Fabric Block Printing Ink
• Brayers
• Tracing Paper
• Carboard
• Paper towels
• White totes  t-shirts (you can bring additional items to print)

We are so happy to host this workshop with award winning artist Laurie Maddalina- Here are the details

Saturday 1/30  10:00 - 4:00 (hour break for lunch)

Cost $100

Class Overview
This one-day workshop combines traditional portrait drawing techniques with the soft, blendable texture of PanPastels, offering artists a powerful and versatile medium for rendering and capturing likeness, values and form through expressive shading. Beginners and Intermediate artists will complete a portrait and gain confidence in using PanPastels for dramatic monochromatic effects.
Students will learn:

Portrait Foundations

● Anatomy of the face, proportions, features, & structure
● Exploring light and shadow with simple shapes
● Breaking down features into simple forms
Introduction to PanPastel
● Understanding the medium: properties & tools
● Techniques for blending, layering and erasing
Application Techniques
● Blocking in values: light, mid-tones and shadows
● Building depth and form with soft layering
● Using erasers for highlights and fine details
● Adding texture to hair, eyes, etc

Materials (All materials except the Prospek Proportional Divider can be purchased at The Art Stop):

• Sofft #4 Point Knife w/5 Covers
• PanPastel Artists'  Pastels Black, 9 ML
• PanPastel Artists'  Pastels Titanium White, 9ML
• Prospek Proportional Divider
• General's The Original Charcoal DrawingPencils Set of 7
• General Pencil Factis BM-2 Mechanical Eraser
• Tombow MONO Zero Round Eraser, 2.3mm
• Large Kneaded Eraser
• Strathmore Recycled Toned Sketch Pad 400 Series-11" x 14" Tan (24 Sheets)

If you don't have any of these items and you would like us to make up a kit, just let us know!

Reference image will be provided. You can work from an iPad or printed photo, whichever you prefer.

If you have any of the following items, that’s fine! Also bring along a 2B or 4B charcoal pencil.
Strathmore also makes a grey toned paper. Either is good!