Stencils and textures are created, inked, and transferred on to paper
Utilize Color to Explore Textures and Patterns
Class: Mano-a-Mono Printmaking
Instructor: Joe Ray
Medium: printmaking (mono prints) on paper
Date: Saturday, February 3, 2024
Time: 9am - 4pm
Cost: $110 per student
Class Description:
This monoprint printmaking class focuses on stencils and textures which are created, inked, and transferred on to paper. While there will be no actual press utilized for printing, we will be using brayers (hand rollers) to transfer the images to paper.
This process will encourage participants to be creative by using their own imagery (plus, I will give suggestions for creating stencil images as well) and utilize color to explore textures and patterns. Prior art experience is not necessary, but an open mind and willingness to explore is. Students will be asked to bring colored pencils, and other drawing instruments to incorporate with the monoprints, as well as x-acto knives, and/or scissors.
In addition to creating art during the workshop, I will be recommending techniques in which participants can continue to work on their images for the final product.
Instructor Biography:
Joe is a visual artist as well as a creative director, illustrator, writer and storyteller living in Scottsdale. His work reflects a colorful bi-cultural perspective formed by the Arizona and Mexico regions.
His work has been in a variety of exhibits and publications throughout the U.S. and Mexico. Joe’s work evokes color and passion, much of his subject matter includes Corazones (hearts), which are filled with love, lust, passion and emotion. Joe’s work also features voluptuous Sirenas, as well as Angels. And of course, the occasional masked Luchador.
Joe was born in San Luis, R.C., Sonora, Mexico and grew up in western Arizona on the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) Reservation in Poston Arizona.
He is a long-time artist member of Xico, Arte y Cultura in downtown Phoenix: www.xicoinc.org
More about Joe and his art can be found at www.joeray.com
