Two-day workshop with Heather Halpern
Saturday and Sunday, February 8th & 9th, 2025
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
$180 plus $20 materials fee
(WhitPrint members: $162 plus $20 for materials)
About the Workshop
Monotype printmaking is fun, simple to learn, and incredibly versatile! This 2-day workshop introduces beginning, intermediate, and advanced artists to various monotype printmaking methods.
There are many approaches to making monotypes — most involve transferring ink from plate to paper. In this workshop, we will apply pressure by hand and etching press to lift printmaking inks and watercolor from Plexiglas plates onto archival papers.
Enjoy a painterly printmaking weekend with WhitPrint’s co-founder and Director Emerita, Heather Halpern! Learn a variety of expressive printmaking methods, including Trace, Watercolor, and Pochoir Monotype! Explore Additive, Subtractive, and Stencil techniques. Heather is happy to share tips and tricks for creating expressive and captivating marks and textures.
Monotype styles range from extremely loose to ultra-tight; simplistic to complex; and monochromatic to colorful. Application of ink can be gestural or controlled, resulting in non-representational, abstracted, or realistic imagery.
This workshop encourages participants to explore line, tone, negative space, experimental mark-making, pattern, color combinations, masking, and more!
After explaining and demonstrating monotype methods, Heather will assist participants to ensure success and confidence in each process. Upon completion of the workshop, students will be able to print independently, which qualifies them for studio membership
About the Instructor
Heather Halpern is a professional artist, instructor, and studio director. She co-founded Whiteaker Printmakers, and served as Board President and Executive Director during the studio’s first decade. Heather also sat on the Boards of Directors for Print Arts Northwest and Emerald Art Center.
Heather studied Fine Art and Psychology at the University of Oregon, as well as various colleges in California. She is a skilled printmaker, painter, and sculptor, as well as mixed-media, glass, and fiber artist. She continues to expand her knowledge and skills via professional workshops and private instruction. When not working in her home studios or at WhitPrint, Heather enjoys painting en plein air (with soft/chalk pastels, oil, acrylic, and watercolor), gardening, knitting, crocheting, quilting, cooking, and adventures with family and friends.
Reserving Your Spot
Register and pay in full to reserve your spot. To cancel a workshop enrollment, please email studio@whitprint.com. You'll get a full refund if your request is received at least four weeks before the start of the workshop, or a 50% refund if it is received at least one week before the start.
