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White Line Woodcut Workshop

Discover the unique art of white line woodcut, a technique pioneered in the early 1900s as an alternative to traditional Japanese woodblock printing. In this hands-on workshop, you'll master registration, carving, and printing using watercolor or gouache—no press required. Create painterly, multi-colored prints with simple tools, allowing you to continue your craft at home. Open to all levels.

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Class Description

Description

White line woodcut was developed in the early 1900s in Provincetown, MA, by a group of artists, including Blanche Lazzell, who sought an alternative to traditional Japanese woodblock printing. In this workshop, you will learn the essentials of registration, transferring drawings, and carving linear drawings into Shina plywood woodblocks.

We will use non-toxic watercolor and/or gouache to print color areas, with each color being printed multiple times to achieve transparent or opaque hues. Instead of a press, we will use a Baren and/or a tablespoon for printing, allowing for the creation of textured and painterly prints with multiple colors on one block.

This technique is designed so you can continue your printing at home without needing a press. For the first class, please bring your own drawings, photos, and other reference materials as inspiration for your initial print image.

Open to all levels. 

 

Art Supplies for First Class: 

  • Drawings, photos, and reference source material. This will be used to create your first woodcut drawing, 4 x 7 inches. 
  • Ultra Fine Point Sharpie for drawing ideas 
  • Tracing paper from McClaine’s or carbon paper 
  • ¼ inch Shina Plywood Woodblock 8 x 10 from McClaine’s https://imcclains.com/catalog/blocks/14Shina.html 
  • V gouge or an inexpensive woodcut tool set from Lee Valley Hardware, Amazon, or McClaine’s 
  • A 12-inch ruler 
  • #2 pencil 
  • Ballpoint pen 

School Notes:

Please note, New York School of the Arts charges a $50 one-time registration fee for students who are new to their school. This is automatically added to the cost of your enrollment (and already included in the price listed on this course). If you are a returning student to NYSA, please let us know and we will refund you $50.

Refund Policy

Class Cancellation:

Classes and workshops are subject to cancellation if the minimum number of students required for a session is not met. Notification will be sent to registered students five days before the class is scheduled to begin.

Refunds:

To receive a refund, you must notify us in writing at [email protected]. There is a $15 administrative fee for each refund. 

  • In order to receive a full refund, students must withdraw from a class or workshop fourteen (14) business days prior to the first day of classes.
  • Students withdrawing from a class and workshop during the week before the beginning of the quarter will receive a 70% refund as school credit if within fourteen (14) business days of the start of the class.
  • No refunds will be made after the second class without medical documentation and no refunds will be made after a workshop begins.
  • Ceasing to attend class without notifying the school does not constitute withdrawal from class.
  • Refunds are issued in the same form as payment. Refunds are issued within thirty days from request in the form of the same payment. Registration and service fees are non-refundable.
  • Refund requests are also subject to a 5% CourseHorse processing fee.

Transfers:

All transfers must occur before the second meeting of class. Transfers from one course into another may incur additional fees, depending on the transfer. Transferring from one workshop to another is not permitted. There is a $15 administrative fee for each transfer.

Holidays & Canceled Lessons:

We are closed for Thanksgiving, winter, and spring break. If we must close due to the weather, we will send out an email. If classes are canceled, the instructor will work with the school office to schedule a make-up date. We do not refund/prorate for weather closure, and our make-up policy still applies.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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