Paper and Portraits with Jeanne Oliver
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Course Description
Join me for another live Zoom art workshop. This session is all about portrait printmaking.
In this online workshop you will create multiple quick portraits that will be your inspiration for your linoprint. I will share my process for creating loose and abstract portraits, how to create beautiful and rich color washes to bring a portrait to life, how to use simple tools to create beautiful values, how to use contour sketches as inspiration for printmaking, how to decide what to carve away and what to keep and then how to create bold and contrasting prints.
Techniques Taught in this Course
- How to create portrait contour sketches that you love
- How to use watercolors or gouache to create beautiful color washes in your work
- Using simple tools to create values
- How to use your sketches as inspiration for your linoprint
- How to carve linoleum
- How to print your carving
