Etching Masterclass:

An exploration into advanced printmaking concepts and techniques

This course is designed for those looking to build upon their existing printmaking skills and enhance their artistic practice. Through an in-depth exploration of various intaglio techniques, participants will learn how to combine these methods with other printmaking processes to create complex and dynamic works of art.

As a printmaker, you will be encouraged to embrace new strategies that invigorate your work while refining previously learned processes. This course will challenge you to push your creative boundaries, fostering an environment of experimentation and growth. Beginners are warmly welcomed and will receive tailored guidance to ensure they can fully participate and benefit from the course.

Join us for this transformative journey into advanced printmaking, where you will develop your skills and discover new avenues for artistic expression.

Course dates and costs

24 - 31 August 2025
€ 1,550 for the complete programme, all materials, accommodation in private room, excursion and all meals

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PROGRAMME

  • Design techniques: understand how old masters used to create effects of shadow and light without using aquatint: an understanding of basic principles through the creation of a hard ground etching by working with different line dephts and different textural effects
  • the multiple plate color etching process
  • traditional aquatint vs spray paint aquatint to achieve textural effects
  • achieve painterlly effects and tonal areas through sugarlift
  • exploring soft ground techniques with crayon-like marks and textural effects with found objects
  • engraving on plexiglass using different tools
  • texturing with a dremel
  • ink properties: how to use and modify the viscosity of inks for layering techniques
  • roulettes and burnishers for modifying tonal areas
  • fixing problems/mistakes

    • There is also a mid-week half-day excurstion planned to visit Chieti and its archaeological museum, home to the famous Warrior of Capestrano. After that, we will head to Pescara to visit the Museum of the 19th Century and enjoy a delicious dinner in the historic part of the city.
    etching by colleen corradi brannigan