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Gel Plates And More!
May 17, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
$225.00A 2-Day In-Studio Workshop!
Saturdays, May 17 and 24, 10:30am-2:30pm
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About this Workshop:
Love mixed media? This class offers the perfect way to expand your repertoire by creating an array of one-off prints using acrylic paints and inks on gel plates and exploring other monoprinting techniques that do not require plates. The resulting prints can be stand-alone artworks and/or modified with paint, pastels, markers and pencils, or become material for collage.
Topics included: Gel plates and how make and use them; Gel printing techniques; Other types of printing plates and techniques for use; Acrylics and other printing media; Paper, materials and equipment for making monoprints; Approaches to designing prints with a theme or motif; How to modify and use prints in mixed media work.
Level: All levels welcome – no experience necessary
Registration closes May 14, 2025. Material fees are included with your registration to cover the supplies provided in class. Students will need to gather/purchase additional materials for class (see the materials list below). This list will also be provided with the registration confirmation email.
Sample images by Sharon Robinson
CLASS MATERIALS LIST:
Registration included a $15 materials fee to cover the kit provided in class. Students will also need to gather/purchase the following additional items:
- Homemade or purchased gel plate, 6”x 6” or larger
- 4” soft rubber brayer
- Assortment of colors of inexpensive acrylic paints (tube, bottle or jar – e.g. Liquitex Basics, Artist Loft, Amsterdam, DecoArts or other brand), including black and white
- 2-3 sizes of acrylic brushes ½” or larger
- Pad of 8”x10” or larger 140lb. cold press watercolor paper
- (optional) Personal apron (we’ll have extras) and/or wear clothes that can get messy
- (optional) Sketchbook or notepad to take notes
YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Sharon Robinson is a mixed media artist specializing in abstract collage and assemblage and currently resides in the Washington, DC area. Raised in New Jersey, she earned a master’s degree in urban design and community development from MIT, and worked in the and urban transit and planning field for over 20 years in Los Angeles and Portland, OR. Since 1999 she has been a full-time artist, muralist, teacher, and arts program contractor. As an artist she exhibits in the DC region, as well as other east and west coast cities. Sharon teaches mixed media and collage classes in the Smithsonian Associates Studio Arts Program, The Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VA and Montpelier Art Center in Maryland. She also provides administrative support for public art projects conducted by the Prince George’s County Arts & Cultural Heritage Division. Her community activities include serving on the national Board of Directors of SCRAP, a network of non-profit creative re-use centers; participating as a review panelist for DC Arts Commission and Maryland State Arts Council grants, and as an appointee to the Arts Commission of the City of Mt. Rainier, Maryland. Learn more about her work at www.therobinsonstudio.com.
“Sharon is a wonderful, supportive, accommodating teacher—one of the best I’ve worked with!”
—Participant, Collage Jumpstart workshop