Four Day Linocut Printmaking School

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Gray's School of Art
The Robert Gordon University
Garthdee Road
Aberdeen
AB10 7QD

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Short, four-day course on linocut printmaking with Ade Adesina.

A Short Course Extra opportunity to spend 4 days learning linocut printmaking with Ade Adesina.

This course is suitable for beginners and offers an introduction to linocut techniques and process.

A linocut printmaking course. Working on lino blocks, students will be experimenting and developing new skills in cutting lino.

Day 1
Morning: An hour talk on linocut printmaking technique with some samples of Ade Adesina's work and inspiration. Introduction of samples of work showing different linocut techniques.
Demonstration. Cutting and printing of a sample linocut block.
Afternoon: Opportunity for students to familiarise themselves with the tools and a trial of an A5 lino block

Day 2
Morning: Printing of trial A5 lino blocks.
Develop an idea for an A4 lino block.

Afternoon: Cutting and printing of A4 lino block.

Day 3
Morning: Demonstration of different techniques on how to get various widths, texture, depth and reduction process etc.

Afternoon
Drawing up an A4 lino block for final project

Day 4
Cutting and printing of final project