Class Description: 4-week Foundations of Linocut Printmaking with Barb Greenwood
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This is a 4-week class that begins with a brief introduction to printmaking techniques, tools. and surfaces. By the end of the series, all participants will leave with a set of completed holiday cards. Class meets on Mondays from 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm. (We do not meet the week of Thanksgiving.)
Week 1: Session will begin with a discussion of various printmaking techniques, tools, and surfaces. The series project will be introduced (holiday cards) and guidance will be given on how to select subject matter. Students may have an opportunity to try some of the cutting tools in order to help them better understand what makes good choices for designs.
Week 2: Students will bring images, drawings, or designs that they will transfer to their blocks. After designs. are transferred, students will begin cutting their blocks.
Week 3: Students will finish carving their blocks and begin inking and printing test prints.
Week 4: Students will ink and print their images (and add hand coloring if desired), and then adhere their papers to cardstock. Each participant should leave with a small set of holiday cards.
All supplies required for the class will be included. However, all students are encouraged to bring a sketchbook and pencils for note taking and small studies.
Barb Greenwood
In 6th grade Barbara was introduced to the world of art making. Making art and sharing her passion to create with others has been the core driver of her life. After ten years of teaching art in public and private schools, then another twenty-five years working as a master level board-certified art therapist in medical settings she finally was able to retire. Right in the middle of Covid, she moved from Ohio to the Traverse City area. That first year with her partner, the focus was on building their home which included her own studio. From that point she began solely focusing on making her own art as well as beginning to connect with the art community around her. Teaching all media and harnessing them as an art therapist, Barbara’s own artwork tends to be quite eclectic. For the last few years, she has focused on creating works made from handmade paper, paint, embroidery floss, thread, and fiber. Each piece is finished by using a sewing machine to sew it together like a quilt. Always interested in printmaking she began taking printmaking classes at Northwestern Michigan College. What an opportunity, to now have the time, the instruction, and the presses to be able to immerse herself in this new world. The prints you are viewing in this show are the results of all the different printmaking techniques she has recently been exposed to. Oh, what a learning journey this has been for Barbara! She cannot wait to see what will develop next!