Botanicals & Insects: Drawing & Monoprinting
10 Week Class | Available
This course is designed for students who want to learn how to draw and print botanicals and insects while exploring their interconnection in the natural and art world. Discover the possibilities of drawing, printing, collaging and more with a variety of wet and dry media including ink, water colour, pencils and pencil crayons. You will be introduced to monoprinting, using gelli plates which offer exciting possibilities - including self made stencils, printing plates, stamps, image and drawing transfers, mark making as well as preparing backgrounds and working with multiple layers. Student work will be shown and discussed at the end of each class and individual feedback will be part of each session. Handouts for further exploration will be provided.
Base Tuition: $490 + Material Fee: $25 = $515 Total
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- What You Will Learn:
- Learning how to describe form with line
- Learning how to apply value, colour and texture in your drawings
- Learning how to interpret nature by using patterns, detail, close-ups and repetition in your compositions
- Learning how to monoprint and the use of various tools
- Exploring and developing ideas, editing and presenting
Tina Oehmsen-Clark
Tina's work has always been an exploration between various art forms, including sound, dance, installation, sculpture and drawing. She has exhibited in various galleries, museums and public spaces in Germany, Denmark and Canada. Since moving to Toronto in 1996, Oehmsen-Clark has worked on art projects at the AGO, Ryerson Student Gallery, Dancemakers and Wychwood Artscape. Besides her own art practice, she has taught in a number of schools and institutions including TSA. Tina always enjoys working with a wide age range, and believes that teaching art is an interactive learning process, both to inspire and be inspired.