Workshop
Summer Adult Art Workshops
23 Jul 2018 – 01 Sep 2018
RBSA Gallery
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Workshop
Mezzotint Engraving and Beyond
23 Aug 2018
Regular hours
- Thursday
- 10:30 – 17:00
Cost of entry
£60, or £55 for Friends, Members and Associates, and full-time Students
Address
- 4 Brook Street
- Birmingham
England - B3 1SA
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- The 101 bus runs from Birmingham City Centre down Newhall Street. For timetables and bus stops, please check National Express West Midlands.
- The RBSA Gallery is in walking distance from St Paul's Metro tram stop
- The RBSA Gallery is in walking distance from Snow Hill and Birmingham New Street train stations
Event map
Receive expert guidance on how to create and print a mezzotint engraving. This workshop is suitable for both beginners and experienced printmakers. Ready-rocked Mezzotint plates will be provided.
About
Guest tutor, Martin Maywood, is an experienced mezzotint artist. He is well practised in traditional mezzotint engraving and has also developed some new alternative ways of printing with mezzotint plates. He also rocks and supplies mezzotint plates to other artists around the world.
During Martin’s workshop you with be shown how to engrave and print your own mezzotint engraving and also try out one or two new techniques. The course will cover suitable subject matter and how to transfer images from life, sketch or photograph onto the plate. You will then be shown how to use the scraper/burnisher to engrave your image. Finally how to ink up and print onto thick acid- free paper through an etching press.
Subject matter will be provided, but please feel free to bring your own sketches, photos and ideas. Included in the materials cost is a mezzotint plate 50x60mm, small enough to engrave and print in a day with remarkable detail. Other sizes will be available to buy at reduced cost. All tools and materials will be provided but feel free to bring your own etching tools if you have any.
