Windsor Printmakers Forum

Collagraph for Beginners or Experienced Printmakers

Date/Time: 4 Sessions, Mondays 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm; Sept. 20, 27 Oct. 4, 18 2010
Instructor: Munazza Naeem

Instructor’s Phone: 519-796-5144

Location: Windsor Printmaker’s Forum
Cost: $180 plus tax

Course Description:

Collagraph for Beginners or Experienced Printmakers

The freedom of collagraph relief printmaking gives many creative possibilities. If it can be inked, it can be printed. Found objects from nature, like dried fruit, leaf, and flattened street trash can combine with painterly marks from glues and gesso to create a collage plate. These plates are versatile and can be printed as a gauffrage (uninked embossing), hand-colored as a wood block, or printed as a viscosity. Bring materials that are interesting to the first class. No previous printmaking experience is necessary. There will be demonstrations as well as, individualized instruction. Limited to eight students
Materials: Course cost includes all materials except for paper and drawing implements. Printmaking paper can be purchased by the sheet at Windsor Printmaker’s Forum or students may bring their own. Materials list will be provided at the time of registration.

Register by email: workshops@wpfstudio.org ,

Office Phone: 519-253-9493
Instructor’s Phone: 519-796-5144

Mega Print for Beginners

Date/Time: 4 Sessions, Tuesdays 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, Sept. 21, 28; Oct. 5, 12.
Instructor: Munazza Naeem

Munazza will teach Relief, Intaglio, Lithography Printing, Sept. 9, 16, and 30
Instructor: To be announced for Screen Printing Oct. 7

Location: Windsor Printmaker’s Forum
Cost: $180 plus tax

Course Description:

Mega Print for Beginners

This four week course offers a basic foundation in four different print media: relief, intaglio, Lithography and screen printing.

Participants will spend 3 hours with an instructor each week and will complete a small sample print in each medium. There will be demonstrations as well as, individualized instruction. Limited to eight students.

Materials: Course cost includes all materials except for paper and drawing implements. Printmaking paper can be purchased by the sheet at Windsor Printmaker’s Forum or students may bring their own. Materials list will be provided at the time of registration.

Register by email: workshops@wpfstudio.org

Office Phone: 519-253-9493
Instructor’s Phone: 519-796-5144

Teen/Adult/Senior Workshops For July/August Summer 2010

Intaglio/Etching for Beginners or Experienced Printmakers

Date/Time: 6 Sessions, Tuesdays 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm, July 27, Aug. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31

Instructor: Munazza Naeem

Instructor’s Phone: 519-796-5144

Location:

Windsor Printmaker’s Forum,

420 Devonshire Rd, North Side Entrance, Lower Level

Windsor, On.

N8Y 4T6

Register by email: workshops@wpfstudio.org

Office Phone: 519-253-9493

Cost: $250 plus tax

Course Description:

Intaglio/Etching for Beginners or Experienced Printmakers

For both beginners and those wishing to improve their skills, this course will focus on traditional methods of working copper/zinc plates. Intaglio techniques include a number of rich and varied processes. The class will cover etching, drypoint, aquatint, use of soft and hard grounds, and the combination of techniques on a single plate. Printing techniques will be demonstrated as well as, individualized instruction. A selection of visual resources will be used to introduce style, techniques, and artist. This condensed program will help students become confident with the basic tools and Intaglio techniques.
Class size limited to ten students.

Materials: Course cost includes all materials except for paper and drawing implements. Printmaking paper can be purchased by the sheet at Windsor Printmaker’s Forum or students may bring their own. Materials list will be provided at the time of registration.

Register by email: workshops@wpfstudio.org

Office Phone: 519-253-9493

Instructor’s Phone: 519-796-5144

Course List for Children July – August Summer 2010

One Day Workshops for Children (Gr. 4-8)

Date/Time: 4 hours, Thursdays 12:30- 4:30 pm;
Cost: $40 plus tax
All supplies will be provided;
Class size limited to 8 students.
There will be demonstrations with time for questions and answer, as well as, individualized instruction.

Instructor: Munazza Naeem
Instructor’s Phone: 519-796-5144

Location:

Windsor Printmaker’s Forum,

420 Devonshire Rd, North Side Entrance, Lower Level

Windsor, On.

N8Y 4T6

Register by email: workshops@wpfstudio.org
Office Phone: 519-253-9493

Handmade Greeting Cards

Date/Time: One day workshop, Thursday 12:30 - 4:30 pm, July 22, 2010

Painting Mixed Media and Collage

Date/Time: One day workshop, Thursday 12:30 - 4:30 pm, July 29 - 30, 2010

Monoprinting/Monotypes

Date/Time: One day workshop, Thursday 12:30 - 4:30 pm, Aug. 5, 2010

Learn How to Draw and Paint with Imagination

Date/Time: One day workshop, Thursday 12:30 - 4:30 pm, Aug. 12, 2010

Learn How to Draw and Paint Flowers and Butterflies

Date/Time: One day workshop, Thursday 12:30- 4:30 pm, Aug. 19, 2010

Learn How to Draw and Paint Cars and Wheels

Date/Time: One day workshop, Thursday Fri 12:30- 4:30 pm Aug. 26, 2010

Private Group Instruction

Date/Time: One day workshop, Thursday Fri 12:30- 4:30 pm Aug. 26, 2010

We can also accommodate your choice of day and time. Five minimum students. Maximum number of students will vary depending upon course/workshop selected.

Course Descriptions

Handmade Greeting Cards

Workshop Description: Spend the afternoon making a card for someone special. This hands-on workshop will focus on creating one-of-a-kind cards using a range of collage materials such as paper, buttons, glitter, ribbon and paint etc.

Painting Mixed Media and Collage

Workshop Description: In this course students will create an image with mixed media collage that builds into either a realistic or abstract image. The use of colour and painting techniques are the focus; students will create vibrant and imaginative 2-dimensional works of art. Students will playfully explore an exciting combination of tools and materials while focusing on colour mixing, blending, contrasts and harmonies while learning about the tools associated with tempera, acrylics, watercolor and gouache paints. This fun class provides a perfect art opportunity.

Monoprinting/Monotypes

Workshop Description: Monoprinting is a printing technique whereby a design is drawn onto a flat non-porous surface, also referred to as a printing plate. Paper is laid on top and after pressing, the image from the plate is transferred onto the paper. Monoprinting, as the name suggests, is when you create on unique print (rather than having a plate or a screen with an image which can be reproduced again and again).  There are a number of different ways to make a monoprint, but in this workshop students will learn three different methods of monoprinting while focusing on basic drawing and painting techniques. Students will learn how to use variety of tools and found material e.g. leaf, lace, ribbons, and different textural papers etc. Students will learn how to create a good composition and explore a variety of techniques and mediums that allow for creative expression in a fun and supportive atmosphere.

Learn How to Draw and Paint with Imagination

Workshop Description: In this four- hour workshop students will learn how to depict their ideas and imagination on to the canvas or paper. This workshop will help young artists to explore their talent and creativity while focusing on their choice of medium.

Learn How to Draw and Paint Flowers and Butterflies

Workshop Description: In this workshop students will learn how to paint colourful flowers and butterflies by using different size and shapes of brushes while focusing on colour mixing, blending and collage.

Learn How to Draw and Paint Cars and Wheels

Workshop Description: In this workshop students will learn how to draw and paint cars and wheels while focusing on basic drawing and painting techniques. Students will learn how to use variety of tools e.g. the geometrical shapes. Students will explore a variety of techniques and medium that allow for creative expression in a fun and supportive atmosphere.

Note: Consider the advantages of membership. Members receive a 20% discount on workshop fees.

2010 Spring Workshops

Mega Print
This 4-week course offers a basic foundation in four different print media: relief, intaglio, lithography and screen printing. Participants will spend 3 hours with an instructor each week and will complete a small sample print in each medium. Course costs include all materials except for paper and drawing implements. Printmaking paper can be purchased by the sheet at Windsor Printmaker’s Forum or students may bring their own. This foundation course will prepare you for more in depth courses to come.
Tuesdays, March 23, 30 April 6, and 13th. 6:30 to 9:30 P.M.
Cost: $180.00, members receive 20% discount.
Instructors: Munazza Naeem, and John Montminy

Life Drawing
Open to artists in all disciplines. Participants will have the opportunity to draw from a live model. Attendees must be over the age of 18, with photo I.D, (age of majority cards, drivers license). Doors will be open at 6:00 PM and locked once the session begins at 6:30. No prior drawing experience is necessary. We do have a very limited supply of Easels on loan, and possibly some drawing boards. It is strongly suggested that if you own any of these that you bring them with you. There is newsprint available at no charge. Drawing implements (pencils, conte, erasers etc.) are not provided. To maintain the quiet enjoyment of the drawing session, critiques will be offered away from the drawing room. No photography will be allowed.
Mondays, March 22, 29, April 12, and 19th. Doors open at 6. PM for set up. Doors lock and session begins promptly at 6:30 to 9:30 P.M.
Cost: $150.00, members receive 20% discount.
Instructor: Elizabeth Gaye MacDonald

Open Studio
Open to all artists in all disciplines. Participants will have access to the studio, and the opportunity to work on projects started in other workshops. There will be a trained artist on site to supervise the sessions. No materials will be supplied. Printmaking paper can be purchased by the sheet at Windsor Printmaker’s Forum or students may bring their own.
Thursdays, April 1, 8, 15, and 22nd 6:30 to 9:30 P.M.
Cost: $90.00, members receive 20% discount.
An additional 10% discount will apply when included with a course.
Facilitator varies.

Private Instruction Sessions
Windsor Printmaker’s Forum also offers one-on-one training sessions with some of our instructors, a flexible and economical option for artists wishing to immerse themselves in a single process or for those with busy schedules. Private sessions can allow you to realize a special project with the assistance of a professional printmaker. Participants in one-on-one sessions must register for a minimum of three hours of instruction. All printmaking materials must be supplied by the student.
Cost: $30/hour Minimum $90, payable in advance.

Registration, course limits, prerequisites and materials
All courses are limited to 10 participants unless otherwise noted. Course costs include all materials except for paper and drawing implements. Printmaking paper can be purchased by the sheet at Windsor Printmaker’s Forum or students may bring their own. Newsprint will be available free of charge for drawing.

The deadline for enrollment is four business days before the beginning of a course, and payment must be made in full at that time. The Forum reserves the right to cancel a course two days prior to the start date if enrollment is low (in the event of course cancellation, all fees will be refunded in full or a credit will be given to a future course.). If you must withdraw from a class, Windsor Printmaker’s Forum must be notified at least three business days before the scheduled start of the class, at which time you will receive a refund less a 15% cancellation fee.

To register, please visit our studio office at 420 Devonshire Road (north entrance) during office hours, Wednesdays 10am to 2pm, or contact the office via email at info@wpfstudio.org

Consider the advantages of membership

Membership benefits include:
Mail-outs for all openings, lectures, workshops, courses and other events.
Priority registration for all courses, lectures and workshops.
Bi-annual newsletters.
20% discount on all workshops and courses and discounts on application fees for juried events.
An invitation to participate in our Annual Members’ Show and Sale.
One month free rental of the gallery (once per membership term) where the member receives 70% of the sales of prints.

Studio rental includes:
24 hr. access to the studio (refundable $75. key deposit required.)
The use of printmaking equipment (intaglio, lithography and letter presses).
An opportunity to buy supplies at bulk rates when studio is ordering.
Opportunities to purchase papers and drawing materials at cost in the studio.
Flat file storage space at the studio for the duration of the rental.
An inspired printmaking community! Priceless!

Annual studio rental rate is $300.00. Renters will be provided with an application form and a contract to sign, which will include WPF’s studio facilities and policies. All studio renters must have a WPF membership current for the year in which they are renting. If you would like more information about membership and studio rental, please contact WPF at (519) 253-9493 or via email at info@wpfstudio.org Thank you for your membership supporting Windsor Printmaker’s Forum in the past. We look forward to your continued commitment.

For our screenprinting session with instructor Jodi Green, mega print participants learned how to coat screens with photo-sensitive emulsion, created separations for full colour prints, exposed images onto screens using a vacuum light table and printed perfectly registered two-colour images.

Printing the first colour:

Registering prints for the second colour:

Printing the second colour:

The finished prints:

Matrix for colours exposed side by side onto one screen:

The resulting print, in fuschia and black:

Another finished student print:

Some images from our two-day workshop in the basics of letterpress printing with instructor Jodi Green. Students began in the first session by setting type for a business card as a practice form, and printing it on cardstock with black ink.

During the second session, students collaborated on a holiday card design. They chose to use offset lines of type and mix different typefaces and point sizes, so there was an extra challenge of having to find creative ways to pack an irregular form and keep all of the type immobile for printing.

The form set up on the press:

The finished cards: silver ink on green card stock.

On November 9, participants in our mega print course produced intaglio prints using a variety of engraving techniques on a plexiglas matrix with instructor Sandra Ellis. Engraving on plexi uses the same tools and methods as engraving on copper (minus the acid and tar and nasty chemicals). Linework is created using a drypoint needle or a nail, and tonal variation is achieved with traditional tools such as mezzotint rockers, roulettes, scrapers and burnishers, as well as by simply rubbing the surface of the plate with sandpaper. Our students incorporated experimental monoprint methods with more traditional intaglio inking methods to create a variety of full colour images from a single printing plate.

First proof in black and white:

With added colour:

Intaglio inking with monoprint marks worked overtop to create a full colour print in a single press run:

Another student’s black and white proof:

Adding colour and monoprint elements:

Running the block through the press a second time without re-inking produces a “ghost” print:

One more black and white proof:

Colour added in the “a la poupée” method (separate areas of the image inked and wiped in different colours):

On November 7th, WPF Studio presented a special workshop in the technique of trace monotype, taught by our visiting artist Jessica Ann Mills (in town from Omaha, Nebraska just for this class and the opening of On Crossing). It was a fun, relaxing and productive afternoon of drawing, making prints and eating cookies, all bathed in a warm glow of sunshine filtering in the windows of our basement studio on an unseasonably warm November Saturday.

Trace monotype is a technique in which ink is stiffened and rolled out onto a plexiglas slab. The paper is laid face down on this slab and a second sheet of paper is placed on top of that. This paper, a photograph, drawing or a blank sheet on which to draw freehand, acts as a map on which the artist draws with a fine ballpoint pen in order to pick up ink from below onto the print. The stiffness of the ink prevents too much ink from sticking to the paper and making the image messy and blobbed with ink, but a network of smoky, atmospheric ink marks will appear in places where the artist’s hand rests during the drawing process.

Below is a large sheet used by the instructor to create a print. The top image shows the photograph having been traced with ballpoint pen and oil pastels (for a softer, fatter line); the bottom shows the back of the paper, on which traces of ink have been picked up from the slab right through the thin Japanese paper used for the print.

Some of the participants, working on their prints:

Pulling the prints up off the slab to check progress:

In this one you can make out the soft traces of the artist’s hand brushing the paper outside the drawn image.

Some of the finished prints:

On the left is the completed trace monotype; on the right, a print we pulled by running the plexiglas slab through an etching press to pick up a negative image.

The negative image of the print above, printed off the plexiglas slab once the trace monotype was completed.

On November 2nd, Windsor Printmaker’s Forum held the first session of our new Mega Print course. In just a little over three hours, students learned how to prepare a litho stone for printing, create a drawing, etch and print. We were hard pressed (get it?) to get through so much highly involved process in so little time, but in the end the students all went home with finished prints. Success!

Stretching down the second etch on the stone.

Pulling the print.

The finished student prints:

In the second session of our two-part wood intaglio workshop, participants experimented with various printing methods to learn how to get the most out of the technique. While wood intaglio provides a gorgeous atmospheric plate tone due to ink collecting in the grain of the wood and printing, this makes it difficult to achieve a full range of lights and darks. To overcome this limitation of the medium, we applied ink in only selected areas of the plates, added colour both by hand colouring the finished prints and by relief rolling inks over the prepared blocks (essentially printing intaglio and relief at the same time), and used paper stencils to block out some areas from printing.

Some of the proofs from day 2:

Hand colouring with watercolour paints over a finished print (printed in black).

Intaglio inking the block in black, then rolling gold and blue across the surface.

Combining the intaglio + relief technique with double dropping (re-inking the block in a different colour and printing it a second time on top of the first print).

Intaglio inking (gold) with some areas left uninked (white), relief inking overtop (blue).

Instructor demo: intaglio (black) and relief (blue) inking in selected areas, with paper stencils laid between the block and the printing paper for additional white lines (on the right hand side).