A Free Mini Course In Botanical Monoprinting
Want to learn how to do botanical printmaking? Im making a free course just for you.
Hello and happy Wednesday,
Hope you have had a good week so far and enjoying the sun!
This week's newsletter brings you happy news of a FREE mini-course coming your way. Woop!
Botanical Monoprinting Made Simple
Fancy trying some printmaking for fun?
It doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. I have spent MANY hours learning this process and making all the mistakes and mess to hopefully now have a good idea of how this process can be simplified and made accessible for anyone who wants to give it a go to do it. The beauty of it, is that you don’t need a printing press or anything wildly expensive. All materials are easy to get hold of online or in a local art shop and all you need is a clear surface to do it :)
Botanical monoprints date back to the 15th and 16th centuries when people used them to identify and record plant species for medicinal and culinary purposes! They’re a beautiful and therapeutic way of creating art and capturing nature at its best, with all its intricacies and details.
I am currently busy editing this mini-course together and it will be released on YouTube next week, followed by a PDF for those who prefer things to be written down :)
Skagafjorour Original & Gicleé Print
As a side note, I wanted to let you know the print of this original oil on canvas is now available to buy in my shop in 3 different sizes from £35. The original is also still available for £180 and is one of the last originals available from my Iceland Project Collection! *Original not listed in my shop, so just send me a message for any enquiries.
Skagafjorour is on the far Northwestern coast of Iceland and has a raw and rugged landscape, especially in the winter. There is beauty in the simplicity of land and sky and the horizon line that meets between them. In this painting, I used sand in the early stages of prepping the canvas to add the texture found on the beaches, mingled in with the watery effect of the undercoat of acrylic.Â
Thank you for reading and have a great week,
Lydia x