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COURSES

INTRODUCTION TO PRINTMAKING I

This course lasts for 48 hours (4 hours a day), from Tuesday to Friday. You may also receive this course for 5 Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. It is designed for starters, artists and people who do not have knowledge on chalcographic printmaking techniques, and who are interested in learning about the process of printmaking and its basic techniques: hard ground etching and aquatint on copper and zinc plates with their different printing methods.

INTRODUCTION TO PRINTMAKING II

This course also lasts 48 hours, and is for people who have already taken the Introduction to Printmaking I course or wish to extend their knowledge within the different printmaking techniques such as: Mezzotint, Drypoint, Soft Ground Etching, etc.

PHOTOGRAVURE

This course also lasts 48 hours during a two-week period. You must have basic knowledge in printmaking and printing. The purpose of this course is to teach you the basics in the process and methods of photogravure, learn how to make photographic images and apply them to the photogravure technique. We help you acquire a general vision of the graphic arts world and its relationship with printmaking, developing your graphic ability and capacity to make the most of your own artistic language.

COLLAGRAPH

This course also lasts 48 hours. The collagraph technique constitutes a contribution to the artist’s freedom of expression due to its great flexibility, properties and the diversity of materials allowed by such technique. The molds (cardboard, wood, acetate, metal) and the different additives incorporated by synthetic resins, used to create various textures, may be recycled materials and can also help to lower costs.