Drawing with Handmade Ink
10 Week Class | Available
Making ink is a very old and respected practice. Inks can be derived from many different pigmented materials that are natural and vibrant. The process can be a reconnection to the landscape we inhabit and an exploration of chemical and formal materials.In this course, we will look at how to collect materials to make our own ink and use that ink to create drawings. This course includes two art practices: making materials as an art practice, and using those materials to draw. We will investigate how this ink is different from other materials and utilize it in our work. Projects will include prompts about where we live, and how we extract resources to create work. As a class, we will share our ink samples to create our own catalog of inks.
Creating one’s own art materials is a journey in trial and error - a beautiful process to create art from!
Note: This is an Introductory level course but some drawing experience is always useful.
Base Tuition: $480 + Material Fee: $10 = $490 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
- Drawing with a brush and dip pen using experimental ink materials
- Natural ink making techniques
- Experimentation with colour ingredients and one’s own art materials
- Some foraging & recognition of natural pigments within the season
- Sharing & receiving various ink outcomes - a class ‘catalog’ of inks
Kyla Brown
Kyla is a Toronto based artist and educator with a background in drawing and painting. Exploring mapping as an embodied practice, her work focuses on navigating city space and daily or mundane processes. She works in a project driven practice that includes drawing, installation, video work, online and social projects. Interested in documenting and indexing care-labour, her work aims to make visible these vital practices. Kyla has shown in solo and group exhibitions in Halifax, London, ON, and Toronto galleries and art spaces, as well as residencies and community projects working with adults and youth. She earned her BFA from NSCAD University, and MFA from the University of Western Ontario. Kyla has been an instructor at TSA since 2017.