Courses and Workshops
Tutor Steph Renshaw runs printmaking courses throughout the year covering lino print, collagraph, drypoint and etching.
Group sizes are always small so there is plenty of guidance and supervision.
Small groups also allow for flexibilty to tailor a course to suit your level of ability.
Details of specific courses and booking can be found here
Steph can also arrange 121 tuition and bespoke courses to suit you or your group. Please get in touch if you would like to discuss options.
About Steph
Artist and workshop leader Steph Renshaw has been
running community art workshops since graduating from
Aberystwyth University in 2003.
Steph's workshops are designed to be encouraging and
supportive to help people of all abilities find their natural
creativity - including complete beginners!
Etch your Sketch
Wednesday evenings 6.30 -8.45 Starts 11th March. £90
Four Week Course
Come and learn the fascinating technique of etching. Using the most eco-friendly and health friendly products available we will be etching onto aluminium plates. Learn how to control the tones and use various techniques and tips to mark the plate. This techniques produces beautiful, atmospheric results.
Dry Point and Collagraph Techniques
Thursday Evenings 6.30 - 8.45 Starts 12th March £85
Four week course
Drypoint is a great starting point for all sorts of intaglio printing. A simple technique that creates prints full of atmosphere and allows you to reproduce your work several times. Collagraph is one of the most playful of the intaglio printing techniques and lends itself to creating prints that are full of rich colour and texture. This is a course for beginners and improvers alike to develop skills and experiment with materials. We will look at a variety of techniques and approaches and begin to navigate the endless possibilities available.
Experimental dry point printing
Weekend course, starts on Sat Mar 21st, £75
Come and play and be creative for the day with this fun and colourful technique. Learn how to use basic materials to make beautiful prints layered with texture and colour. I will show you the process step by step so no need to have any previous experience of intaglio printmaking. We will be using traditional drypoint techniques to create plates which are then printed using a combination of relief and intaglio inking. You'll have a range of bold colourful prints to take home
APRIL
Two Colour reduction lino printing
Weekend course, starts on Sat Apr 4th, £75
Learn how to create a multi-coloured lino print from a single plate by printing and carving the plate several times. This classic printing technique creates bold, graphic designs, Using the printing press you'll be able to make a small edition (several identical prints) of striking, colourful prints to take home. To make the most of your time in this course it is a good idea to come with a simple image in mind, roughly A5 in size.
MAY
Beginners Lino Printing
Tuesday Mornings OR Evenings 4 week courses
Start on Tue May 5th, £85
This is a comprehensive beginners course covering all you need to get started in this bold and satisfying art form. We will cover: Choosing and using different tools, inks and types of lino. How to make a simple one-layer lino cut. Printing using a printing press and printing at home without a press. Combining plates to introduce more than one colour Printing with a gradient of colour. Two A6 (approx) blocks of lino are included in this course. Printing paper is included up to a certain amount further blocks and paper can be purchased from the tutor.
Beginners Printmaking
Wednesday mornings OR Evenings, 8 week course
Starts on Wed May 6th, £150
This course is a great introduction to a range of printing techniques using a printing press. You will get an introduction to drypoint, collagraph, using chine colle, and lino printing and a little time to play around a bit with these processes. By the end of the course you will have made a whole collection of colourful prints and have a sound foundation knowledge in the basic techniques involved as well as lots of ideas for how to take your work further. This course would suit absolute beginners as well as those who would like a little refresher.
Dry point and Collagraph techniques
Thursday mornings OR Evenings. 4 week course
Starts on Thu May 7th, £85
Drypoint is a great starting point for all sorts of intaglio printing. A simple technique that creates prints full of atmosphere and allows you to reproduce your work several times. Collagraph is one of the most playful of the intaglio printing techniques and lends itself to creating prints that are full of rich colour and texture. This is a course for beginners and improvers alike to develop skills and experiment with materials. We will look at a variety of techniques and approaches and begin to navigate the endless possibilities available.
Lino cut Greetings cards
Saturday course
Starts on Sat May 16th, £75
Make a set of 6 colourful lino-printed greetings cards for any occasion. I will show you haw to use the lino tools to carve your own designs - no experience necessary. During the course we will be using the printing press to print your designs onto cards. I will also teach you how you can print from your blocks at home - no press required! You will have the chance to learn the basic steps of lino printing and also the opportunity to learn how to print with gradients of colour. The course fee includes the lino block and 6 blank cards to print onto. Further blocks and cards will be available to buy form the tutor.
JUNE
Lino Printing in Colour
Tuesday mornings OR Evenings, 4 week course
Starts on Tue Jun 2nd, £85
Perfect for confident beginners as well as those who've done a little bit of lino printing before. You will learn the basics of carving a lino block as well as having the opportunity to learn more sophisticated techniques to create multi-coloured reduction prints and printing with gradients of colour. Bring along with you an image that you would like to work from - drawings or photographs, this will help you get started more quickly. Or you can look at the magazines and books I have here for inspiration. Using a printing press, I will guide you through the process of reduction printing to create an edition of up to 8 prints, I will also show you how to print from lino at home without using specialised equipment. This course includes two A6 (approx) blocks of lino. One for your reduction print and one piece to use if you wish to make a simple practice piece Further lino and paper can be purchased from the tutor.
Experimental Drypoint Printing
Saturday course
Starts on Sat Jun 13th, £75
Come and play and be creative for the day with this fun and colourful technique. Learn how to use basic materials to make beautiful prints layered with texture and colour. I will show you the process step by step so no need to have any previous experience of intaglio printmaking. We will be using traditional drypoint techniques to create plates which are then printed using a combination of relief and intaglio inking. You'll have a range of bold colourful prints to take home
