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Exploring the Gel Plate
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Exploring the Gel Plate

Saturday, July 5; 11am to 3pm

Instructor: Catherine Cruz

Join us for a fun workshop with French-American artist Catherine Cruz and explore the art of gel plate printing. Learn to create beautiful monoprint designs on paper by using ga gel plate and acrylic paint. You will take home lots of prints that can be used for creating collage, mixed media art, or greeting cards. This class is suitable for anyone wanting to learn this unique monoprinting style and is perfect for beginners.

The instructor will teach you the basic skills for using this fun tool from printing textural backgrounds to layering colors and using a variety of unexpected tools. 

You will learn:

  • Methods for applying paint and pulling successful prints, including magazine photo transfers
  • Techniques for creating intricate layered designs
  • Creative use of mark-making tools and masks
  • Strategies for combining techniques

The instructor will provide a gel plate, brayer, acrylic paint, and mark-making tools. A variety of papers will be provided but we encourage you to bring your own papers to experiment with.

Catherine Cruz is an artist whose work is informed by the textures and patterns created by the passing of time and the effects of the natural elements on the built environment. She has taught collage and mixed media in the Bay Area and in France since 2019. Her background is in interior design and green building. She works from her home studio in Sebastopol and participates in Art Trails Open Studios

Website:  www.beyouartstudio.com

Fee: Members $110 Non-members $125

Additional Materials Fee: $15 to be paid to instructor

Where: Marin Museum of Contemporary Art; 1210 Fifth Avenue, San Rafael (at B Street)

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Cancellation Policy: Fees are due at time of registration. You may cancel up to one (1) week prior to start of class/workshop and the fee, less $25 for processing, will be refunded to you. Should MarinMOCA cancel a class/workshop, you will receive a full refund.

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