Baldessin Studio is a non-profit open-access printmaking studio that is a Registered Charity with Deductible Gift Recipient status and all donations over $2 are tax deductible. Run by a dedicated team of volunteers and a part-time studio manager, Baldessin Studio needs donations and support to help keep the doors open.
This workshop will address perceptual drawing from the human subject.
A two-day ‘en-plein air’ workshop – Immerse yourself in a weekend of slow looking and drawing as you record your impressions of Lloyd Godman’s ethereal greenhouse with artist Nicole Bowller.
Explore the experimental printmaking technique of Mokulito ‘Wood Lithography’ - a hybrid lithographic process using the surface of wood to create a wide range of gestural and tonal marks.
Learn how to make and print photopolymer plates, in combination with digital photography, to create photogravure etchings.
Are you often frustrated trying to obtain precise colours in your art work?
This one day workshop will teach you how to analyse and refine your colour skills and awareness! You will make a colour swatch book on beautiful Arches paper, as a reference to have on hand in your studio. Taking inspiration from nature you will learn to replicate colours observed in our bushland surrounds.
This five day workshop explores the Collagraph process, plus a suite of drawing and stencilling techniques to produce distinctive printed paintings on paper.
Learn the fascinating art of aluminium plate lithography in this two day intensive workshop.
This is a three part workshop which includes two online sessions and a full weekend of printing.
This workshop will help you develop a significant body of work with advanced photogravure techniques that focus on larger scale, multi-plate prints.
Through discussion and demonstration we will examine the relationship between the artist’s concepts and the possibilities that the artist book format offers to express your ideas. This is a four day masterclass.
Explore and learn the use of photopolymer printing plates in combination with digital photography to create Photogravure etchings. This is a low-toxic approach without the use of solvents, or acids.
Explore and produce stunning zinc plate etchings under the expert guidance of Robert Hails. Give yourself time and space to create over four days at our beautiful bushland studio. This workshop is suitable for both beginners and experienced printmakers wanting to explore a new technique or extend their practice.
This is a three part workshop which includes two online sessions and a full weekend of printing.
This workshop will help you develop a significant body of work with advanced photogravure techniques that focus on larger scale, multi-plate prints.
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