Introduction to Monotype with Jorge Vara Hernandez

Introduction to Monotype with Jorge Vara Hernandez

Class | Registration opens 11/19/2025 12:00 AM EST

All Levels
1/12/2026-3/16/2026
6:30 PM-9:30 PM EST on Mon
$555.00

Introduction to Monotype with Jorge Vara Hernandez

Class | Registration opens 11/19/2025 12:00 AM EST


Students will receive an overview of the Monotype printmaking process to create their own series of one-of-a-kind Monotypes. Using traditional materials students will learn how to prepare copper plates and paper for printing. Additive and reductive monotype techniques will be covered, as well as the Ghost Print, mark making, tone, gesture and ink viscosity adjustment. Instruction on Chine Collé will also be included. Monotype is a printmaking process that blends both the beauty of a painter’s touch and the permanence of a graphic mark. The medium lends itself to spontaneity and experimentation; this course will benefit the artist looking to take risks, adapt to the unexpected, and discover their subject.

  • Classes will be held on Federal Holidays unless otherwise communicated by your instructor. 

  • Materials List - These are the materials you will need to bring with you for this class.

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    • BFK Rives Printmaking Paper - 22" x 30", White, 250 gsm, 5 sheets
    • Copper Etching Plate - 6" x 9" x 0.50”
    • Flat Bastard File - 10"
    • E.C. Lyons Triangular Scraper
    • E.C. Lyons Steel Burnisher with Wooden Handle - 6-3/8"
    • Etching Ink-Oil Based
    • Gamblin Burnt Plate Oil #2 
    • Newsprint Pad - 18" x 24"
    • Palette Cup 
    • Gamblin Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits
    • Oil Painting Brushes—Brushes with stiff bristles
    • Painters Tape 1 inch—any color is fine
    • Plastic Gloves
    • Blue Shop Towels
    • Q-Tips—regular Q-Tips are fine, but it will be better to get the Q-Tips with a point(Cosmetic Q-tips).
    • Colored Kozo or Mulberry Paper
    • Mop Brush — I recommend Silver Brush-White Goat Silver Mop Brush - Round, Size 10, Short Handle


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