4 session 2-hour workshop | $200 | Mondays @Lista Studios
“Block Printing”
Ages 12 and up
In this hands-on workshop, acclaimed illustrator Stephen Savage guides participants through the tactile world of block printing using a streamlined three-step process: research and image exploration, precision carving, and final printing. This multi-day format allows for a deeper dive into the “reductive” technique, a creative method where carving and printing happen simultaneously to produce sophisticated color combinations. Using materials such as soft “Speedy Carve” blocks and water-based inks, students will transform their original drawings into vibrant, multi-layered prints on acid-free paper.
Materials needed
“Speedy Carve” from Speedball (nice and soft)
Speedball water-based ink
Linocutters
paper (will be provided)
Basic tools (will be provided)
Stephen Savage is a NY Times bestselling children’s book illustrator, author, printmaker and educator whose accolades include a New York Times Best Illustrated Book (Polar Bear Night), a Geisel Honor (Supertruck), and a Sendak Fellowship. In addition to children’s books, he has created over a thousand spot illustrations over the years for publications including the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Time, Newsweek, and Entertainment Weekly. He teaches illustration at the School of Visual Arts and lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn with his wife, daughter their dog.