Washington Printmakers Classes and Workshops

Frame it Yourself! Works on Paper

Feb 5, 2025 to Feb 26, 2025

Budget frames cost $200-$300 and high-quality frames cost $400-$800. For any artist, framing is always a pervasive problem and sometimes a crippling cost. Fortunately, with a little bit of knowledge and the right tools and materials, it doesn’t have to be 

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Botanical Ink Making 

Feb 9, 2025 - Adults

In this introduction to botanical ink making, learn how to extract nature’s colors and textures to print on paper. Working with onion skins, fresh and dried herbs, and plants, participants will learn to make inks for drawing, painting and printmaking.  Starting with simple and easily created ink from plants

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Basics of Photography: Light, Framing, Composition with Noah Gocial

Feb 9, 2025 - Adults

This 3-hour workshop will demonstrate the keys of taking a photo. Whether using iPhone or a physical camera, you will leave with knowledge about how to take a beautifully lit, perfectly framed, and well put together photo.

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Monoprints Workshop with Sarah Barzmehri

Feb 16, 2025

This monoprint workshop introduces participants to new approaches to monoprinting using acrylic paint and a glass surface. Inspired by the atmospheric works of Mark Rothko, students will explore creating prints in color. 

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Basics of Photography: Light, Framing, Composition with Noah Gocial

Feb 22, 2024 - Adults

This 3-hour workshop will demonstrate the keys of taking a photo. Whether using iPhone or a physical camera, you will leave with knowledge about how to take a beautifully lit, perfectly framed, and well put together photo.

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Print Clinic: Intaglio and Relief Editions (Mar 5 to Mar 26)

Mar 5, 2025 to Mar 26, 2025

A lot goes wrong while printing editions. While the top professional shops like to pretend that their work is always perfect, the reality is that the printers who work at those shops are really good at responding to problems in prints and fixing them.

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Inspiration from Art History: Instructed Open Studio (Mar 5 to Mar 26)

Mar 5, 2025 to Mar 26, 2025

Art history can be a bottomless source of inspiration for artists but knowing where to look and knowing where to start can be intimidating. This hybrid studio/ lecture series will teach artists how to use art history to inspire their artwork 

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An Abstraction Journey with Sarah Barzmehri (Mar 6 to April 17)

Mar 6, 2025 to  Apr 17, 2025

This immersive journey invites participants to break free from traditional boundaries and dive into the world of abstraction. By exploring multiple mediums and methods, you’ll discover how to express emotions, stories, and concepts in unique, non-representational ways.

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Tetra Printing with Nina Muys (March 14)

Mar 14, 2025 

Tetrapak takes recycling to a new level. The plate is the inner part of a chicken stock or orange juice carton. It is easily engraved with a variety of tools and is very responsive to cross hatched lines.

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Classical Portrait Drawing with a Live Model William Demaria (Apr 2 to May 28)

Apr 2, 2025 to May 28, 2025

Whether you are just beginning to study drawing or are an artist with a lifetime of experience, portraiture has always been considered one of the most expressive and rewarding subjects to study.

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Monotype and Mixed Media with Bridget Murphy (Apr 5)

Apr 5, 2025 

On the first day of class, students are expected to bring their sketchbook and multiple inspirational images (landscape, still life, portrait, abstract, photograph, etc.) to review for their mixed media piece. 

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Making Floating Frames for Painting with Hand Tools with William Demaria (Apr 9 to Apr 30)

Apr 9, 2025 to  Apr 30, 2025

There are a lot less steps involved in making a frame from scratch for a painting than to make a frame for works on paper. That being said, there still are a couple of tricks that are helpful to know to make a frame by hand at a professional level. 

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Oil Painting Like the Old Masters with William Demaria  (Jun 4 to Jun25)

Jun 4, 2025 to Jun 25, 2025

Grisaille, Verdaccio, Glaze, Impasto, Under Painting and Indirect Painting As impressive as these techniques sound, in reality they all are cheat codes historic painters invented to make painting easier! 

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Frame it Yourself! Works on Paper with William Demaria  (Jun 4 to Jun 25)

Jun 4, 2025 to Jun 25, 2025

This class will cover everything from basic woodworking with hand tools to cutting glass and archivally matting artwork. By the end of this class, you will have a complete frame and all of the knowledge you need to make your own frames going forward.

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