Workshop: Gelli Plate Experiments

Gelli plates are a terrific printmaking media for quick, spontaneous experiments in texture, shape, and color. This workshop is a chance to push your creative boundaries with printmaking.

Explore the incredible range a gelli plate is capable of with support and technique suggestions!

“I felt like this workshop really allowed you to dive in and not be afraid of potentially making ‘bad art.’ I also think that being allowed to use whatever art supplies you got is a big positive.”

Watch a Sample Workshop

How it Works

Resources

• Printmaking area

Before the workshop

• Students receive access to the workshop channels in our Discord.
• Hang out in the workshop channels so we can see your artwork and site, and chat about your goals can make the workshop more efficient.

• Please know that if you have no experience with Discord, it does take some time to get set up and learn how Discord works.
• Watch this 53 second tour of our Discord for a preview.
• We highly recommend joining several days before the workshop date so you can learn the ropes, troubleshoot any problems, and get help from us to make the workshop run as smoothly as possible for you.

First 2 hours

• Students work and take occasional breaks to post their artwork into the Discord text channel.
• On voice, Prof Lieu continually critiques drawings as they are posted in the Discord text channel.

Last hour

• Each student will speak on voice with Prof Lieu about their artwork.

After the workshop

• A recording of the workshop will be available to workshop participants. The recording will not be available to the public.

Workshop channels access

• Students will continue to have access to the workshop channels.
• The week following the workshop, Prof Lieu will provide feedback and follow up resources.
• After that week, Prof Lieu will answer quick questions, but will not be providing feedback.

Written Feedback

• Prof Lieu will write a paragraph for each student which reviews the student’s artwork made during the workshop + suggestions for how to move forward, see sample below.

I loved seeing the range of watercolor techniques you did at the workshop, several portraits showed really careful attention to the nuances in the wrinkles. At the same time, the portraits you did towards the end of the workshop were so loose, spontaneous and showed bold departures from the reference photos.

If you continue working with watercolor, I think it would be worth exploring how to convey texture. Dry brushing is a technique that is really helpful for that, it can give you marks that are grittier, and that have more of a bite.

I’m thinking if you started with a gestural approach and layered dry brushing on top you would get a very rich range of textures.

Prof Lieu

Student info

• Limit 12 students
• Enrollment is first come, first serve
• All students are required to join our Discord to participate.

Confirmation

• We will confirm whether the workshop is running by the Wednesday after the Friday registration deadline.
• If the workshop does not run, you will receive a full refund no later than a week from the Friday registration deadline.

Refunds

• All payments are non-refundable if the workshop runs.
• Students must join our Discord at least 24 hours before the workshop starts. There are no refunds if you do not join within this time frame.
• There are no refunds if a student is late, does not join Discord, or does not attend the workshop for any reason.
• We only issue refunds if the workshop does not run due to lack of enrollment.

Contact

• Questions? Contact us.