Monotypes, one of a kind prints, are called “The Painterly Print” because they are direct impressions of drawn, painted and manipulated inks. This course will introduce participants to all of the elements of making monotypes: tools, inks, papers and printing (without a press).

Screen printing is a direct method of printmaking that doesn’t require a press or an extensive investment in equipment. You can print everything from bold graphics to subtle transparencies with ease and speed. This tutorial will teach you all you need to know to begin making screen prints on paper in your home studio.

This tutorial will cover the hazards of common art making and consumer materials, how to choose safer chemicals, which personal protective equipment is right for you, and how to detect health hazards and the symptoms from exposure to them. We will also discuss basic concepts of toxicology, which is the study of how chemicals affect the body.

Understanding and practicing color mixing is a powerful tool in your art making. This course is organized around exercises that will help you master intentional color mixing and how to use color in your art. Joyce demonstrates using Akua Intaglio Inks, but you can use any ink or paint you have. This course is designed for artists at all levels who want to learn more about how to mix and use color with confidence.

This tutorial is like a yoga class for mark making. Play and improvise in a variety of monotype techniques with the addition of repeatable images on incised PETG drypoint plates. Beginning with timed warm-up prompts, Joyce Silverstone will guide you through a process of improvisational drawing and then help you translate these drawings into drypoint plates and monoprints.

This tutorial will take you through the entire process of creating and printing drypoints from both copper and plastic plates.

Moku hanga, the traditional Japanese method of woodblock printing, is an elegant, green, and low-tech process that works easily in a home studio and combines well with other printmaking methods. This tutorial will introduce all aspects of the process: transferring images to wooden blocks, carving with Japanese tools, using the Kento registration system, and printing with brushes and a baren.

Collage is a wonderful way to learn and try out what you know about color, composition, shape, texture, and the space created by those elements. Monotype provides direct, creative ways to generate collage materials and to work back into collages through the addition of color overlays and drawn marks. This course is designed for all levels, those new to monotype and collage, or seasoned printmakers

Explore the amazing world of handmade paper! Sheryl Jaffe and Elisa Lanzi guide you through all of the steps and materials you need to make gorgeous paper that can be used for printmaking, drawing, sculpture or as works of art on their own.

Having a presence on social media is an important tool for artists in today's world. But how to set up and maintain your social media can be daunting! Join Chrissy of Spark Box Studio for this course designed to help you navigate the ever-changing landscape of social media.

This course will provide you with the tools needed to look critically at artwork, to discover what makes an image “work” or not, and to utilize these strategies in your own art making practice. Lynn Peterfreund guides you through a variety of looking exercises to learn to see, with useful questions, to help edit your own work while in process, and to understand how others see your work.