Jan Cook
Two Sunday Sessions, February 19 & February 26, 2023
10:00 am – 2:00 pm each day (Includes 1/2 hour lunch break, bring bagged lunch)
$175 non-member/$160 member (for both sessions)
$20 materials fee paid directly to the instructor
Location: Arts Benicia Annex, 991 Tyler Street, Suite 116, Benicia
Levels: All
Age minimum: 18+
Minimum 6 | Maximum 10
Class Description: This class is intended to introduce and expand the creative possibilities of printmaking using Pronto plates. See below for Jan Cook Video teaching live!
Day 1: We will view and discuss examples of prints produced by a variety of Pronto Plate image-making techniques. Next, we will experiment with multiple varieties of drawing and painting tools to discover which makes the kinds of marks we want to see. Then we will learn multiple ways to heat-set certain materials so that they will become printable. At the end of the day, for those who have use of computers and printers at home, we will learn how to produce images on the computer and print them onto Pronto Plates using ordinary office-type laser printers. Students lacking laser printers may bring images from home that can be copied onto Pronto Plates using the laser printer in the Arts Benicia print studio.
Day 2: We will continue making and printing our plates, and for those who are interested in translating photographic images into Pronto prints, we will learn tricks in Photoshop and other programs that will produce creative effects on Pronto Plates. ( Detailed handouts will be available.)
See Jan Cook Teach LIVE here:
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Jan Cook: received a BFA from the University of Illinois. After graduation, she worked as an artist in the advertising department of Universal Studios, in Studio City, CA
. Later, she returned to school to focus on Printmaking at Cal State Los Angeles and received an MFA degree. After graduation, she taught design, Art History, and Computer Graphics at Cal Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, CA. Since moving to the Bay Area, she has taught numerous classes in art, Computer Graphics, and computers, including to high school students in Vallejo, and Adults in Vallejo and Benicia. Jan Cook is a member of the California Society of Printmakers, and also serves as one of the committee members who edit issues of the journal, “The California Printmaker.” She frequently enters print shows. Recently her work was in a Show in Santa Cruz and also in the 2022 Arts Benicia Print Show.
Instructor email: jcook@beniciaunified.org