Single day workshop with Heather Halpern
Saturday June 27th
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
$150 (Materials included)
(WhitPrint members: $112.50 plus $25 for materials)
About the Workshop
Monotype printmaking is fun, simple to learn, and incredibly versatile! This 1-day workshop introduces beginning, intermediate, and advanced artists to various monotype printmaking methods.
There are many approaches to making monotypes — most involve transferring ink from plate to paper. In this workshop, we will apply pressure by hand and etching press to lift printmaking ink and water-soluble pastel from Plexiglas plates onto archival paper.
Enjoy a painterly printmaking weekend with WhitPrint’s founder and Director Emerita, Heather Halpern! Learn a variety of expressive printmaking methods, including Trace, Watercolor, Additive, and Subtractive Monotype! Heather is happy to share tips and tricks for creating expressive and captivating marks and textures. Monotype styles range from extremely loose to ultra-tight; simplistic to complex; and monochromatic to colorful. Application of ink can be gestural or controlled, resulting in non-representational, abstracted, or realistic imagery.
This workshop encourages participants to explore line, tone, negative space, experimental mark-making, pattern, color combinations, and more! After explaining and demonstrating monotype methods, Heather will assist participants to ensure success and confidence in each process. Upon completion of the workshop, students will be able to print independently, which qualifies them for studio membership!
About the Instructor
Heather studied Fine Art and Psychology at the University of Oregon, as well as various colleges in California. She is a skilled printmaker, painter, and sculptor, as well as mixed-media, glass, and fiber artist. She continues to expand her knowledge and skills via professional workshops and private instruction.
Heather's work often addresses difficulties with the human condition through dramatic, monochromatic narratives. She strives to represent honest and relatable sentiments. Her emotionally evocative imagery has prompted strangers to share deeply personal journeys. Heather hopes to help people connect, and feel supported, through painful experiences, as well as joyous ones.
When not working in her home studios or at WhitPrint, Heather enjoys painting en plein air [with soft/chalk pastels, oil, acrylic, and watercolor), gardening, spinning, knitting, crocheting, quilting, cooking, and adventures with family and friends.
Reserving Your Spot
Register and pay in full to reserve your spot. To cancel a workshop enrollment, please email studio@whitprint.com.
All cancellations for workshops will incur a $50.00 administrative fee. Your refund will reflect this fee.
Full refunds (minus the cancellation fee) will be offered if cancellation is made at least 4 weeks before the workshop.
A 50% refund (minus the cancellation fee) will be issued if a cancellation request is made at least 1 week before the workshop.
No refund will be given for cancellation requests made week-of the workshop. There are no refunds after the first session of the workshop.