Join Georgie Fay(Our Head of Education and printmaker) live from her tiny home studio to learn and practice a few simple monoprint techniques inspired by landscape and the natural world.

We will explore techniques like monodrawing, reduction printing, stencil monotypes and printing from natural materials. So you create a wealth of experimental imagery to then use as a starting point for more exploration or making.

You will need: (we try to make our online learning as accessible as possible but there are a few things you really need for printing)

- ink roller

- Ink .......We recommend for monoprinting to invest in some 'Caligo Safe Wash etching or relief ink' (useful links are at the bottom) but you can use water-based block printing ink and even acrylic paint if you water it down a bit (this does dry too fast to get multiple prints)

- Plastic flat surface, like a sheet of acrylic - I like to use a A4 laminated piece of paper

- Natural or textured flat objects, like leaves, feathers or pieces of fabric

- Thin print paper, A4 is fine, or newsprint, calligraphy paper, tissue paper - basically thin paper works best!

- Thicker paper or thin card (cereal box thickness is perfect)

- Scissors

- Pencil/Pen

- Cotton buds, cocktail sticks, old paintbrush

- Images of landscapes or scenes you like from magazines/newspaper

https://www.jacksonsart.com/caligo-safe-wash-relief-ink

https://www.lawrence.co.uk/printmaking.html

Please email georgie@octobergallery.co.uk for any questions or problems with sourcing the materials etc