Printmaking: Chiaroscuro Etching

Instructor: Mark Zunino

Dates: Saturdays, July 20 & 27, 2024

Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Ages: 14+

Members: $247.50

Non-Members: $275

Description:

Take drawing and mark making to a new level in this chiaroscuro etching workshop. Learn how to etch copper plates with a variety of mark making applications that will expand your understanding of printmaking. Designed for curious beginners and experienced etchers, Instructor, Mark Zunino, will demonstrate various etching techniques and guide participants through each step of the process. This workshop will introduce participants to techniques including soft ground, aquatint, drypoint, and burnishing. Each participant will receive two copper plates and a variety of etching tools to create their own chiaroscuro (meaning light and dark) prints.

Materials: 

Materials provided by Five Points Arts:  

• Burnishing/Scraper Tools, etching needle

• Copper Plates, Ferric Acid baths, ink

• Cheesecloth, palette knives, palettes

• Archival Paper, Soft Ground

Materials provided by Participants: 

• Participants are welcome to bring their own paper to print on (optional)

• Participants with their own etching tools are welcome to bring them (optional)

Instructor Bio:

Mark Zunino is an accomplished painter, printmaker and draftsman currently living in Connecticut. He has taught all levels of painting, drawing and printmaking (relief). He has been full-time faculty at Loomis Chaffee for the last 17 years. Prior to that, he worked at Smith College as their art department's Technical Assistant. There, he focused mainly on printmaking, working in depth with Intaglio, Relief, Typography, and Lithography. He also worked with direct printing as well as offset and traditional and photographic techniques for both lithography and intaglio, helping to develop positive working photographic emulsions that allowed artists to work with hand drawn work and combine it with digital media. Over the course of the years he has taught many workshops in printmaking as well as painting. His studio practice also entails oil painting, watercolor, drawing and intaglio. Mark works from observation and believes strongly in the importance of grasping the fundamentals of design. He teaches his students to develop their own vision and passion for art.

* All workshops are held at the Five Points Art Center, 855 University Drive

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