Workshops
The Masterton Art Club offers regular workshops from local and visiting tutors with a wide range of artistic and creative skills. You do not have to be a member to attend a workshop. Please check in regularly to find a workshop that you just can't wait to join.
Print Making
Tutorials
with Nick Brandon
Ever wanted to learn how to make a print or have some experience and want to learn more? Well here is an opportunity to take part in a structured three term course.
Tutored by Masterton artist Nick Brandon and held at the Masterton Art Club 2 hours per week tentatively on Fridays 10:00am - 12:00 noon.
If enough people would prefer a weekend then Sunday afternoons 1:00pm - 3:00pm is also a possibility.
Costs
Each 2 hour session is $10
Totalling $100 for a 10 week term
To book your place please contact Nick Brandon either by email nickbrandon75@gmail.com or by text/call to 021 974487.
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Term 1 Relief Methods 5 July - 6 Sept 2024
(FINISHED)
• General print theory - ink mixing, application use of the press
• Understanding positive and negative space
• Transparency and opacity
• Wood and Lino cut plate making
• Found materials
• Background printing
Term 2 Intaglio Methods 18 Oct - 20 Dec 2024
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• Drypoint
• Mezzotint
• Carborundum
Term 3 Other Methods 7 Feb - 8 Apr 2025
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• Mono prints
• Silk Aquatint
• Combining different techniques
• Colour reduction prints (Lino or wood)
Thanks to the generous support of Creative Communities, fees are set at a very reasonable $10 per 2 hour session - each term is 10 weeks long = $100.00. Fees are payable at the time of booking.
Materials will be at cost for paper and inks. The tutor gets a 20% discount at Gordon Harris which is passed on to the students. Depending on what methods are selected, materials may be up to another $5 - $10 per session.
Student numbers will be kept to a maximum of 7 to allow plenty of one to one tutor time.
Participants will also be very welcome to join the Masterton Art Club which holds an untutored print session every Friday 1:00pm - 4:00pm.
Past Workshops
Past workshop - Printmaking with local artist and tutor Nick Brandon. Nick helps students navigate their way through the printmaking process and demonstrates wood cutting and lino cutting to produce prints.
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Students get to work from start to finish: from choosing their image, making the 'plate', inking the plate, working with paper and finally printing your plate through the etching press.
Past workshop - Watercolour class with local artist and tutor Elissa Smith. Elissa guides students through understanding the watercolour process to produce beautiful works of art.