About the workshop
On this full-day workshop, you will learn the tips and techniques artist Tansy Lee Moir has gathered from her recent printmaking project on using charcoal with a Gelli Plate. Working in her spacious Edinburgh studio, you will be given demonstrations, examples and lots of hands-on practise to help you:
• Learn how to transfer your drawing to the plate, choose and apply your medium and make a successful print.
• Quickly get started on a series prints, working from simple photo references or your own choice of subject.
• Experiment with a range of charcoal mark making techniques and observe how these interact with printmaking process.
• Create tonal blocks, textures and layered prints combining drawing transfers, stencils and masks.
• Troubleshoot printing problems and embrace happy creative accidents.
• Reflect on your printmaking results and gain suggestions for your next steps.
The emphasis for the workshop is on helping you to learn about the monoprinting process, so that you’ll have the knowledge and confidence to continue this accessible and satisfying printmaking method at home. At the end of the day you’ll have a bundle of monoprints to inspire your next creative moves.
Further information
• No previous charcoal drawing experience is necessary – you will be supported and challenged to progress from where you are.
• All materials will be provided, along with a full list of what we use.
• Please wear something you don’t mind getting messy.
• Tea/coffee is provided and there is an area to eat a packed lunch.
About the tutor
Edinburgh based artist Tansy Lee Moir has been perfecting her charcoal techniques for the last 15 years, focusing her drawing practice on capturing the movement and growth of old trees. After a career in Community Arts, Learning and Development, she now works full-time as an artist and educator, exhibiting and teaching across the UK. She has had seven solo exhibitions, curated and participated in many group shows and has work in private collections around the UK, Europe and the USA.