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Art Class Rates
ADULTS $30 per Hour
AGES 6-12 $25 per Hour
*GROUP RATE $30 per Person
*GROUP RATE: 4 or more people for 3 hours
Bring food & libations!
DISCOUNTED ALL-DAY RATE: 9 to 5pm, $150
Gretchen is available to teach art classes Monday - Saturday
Contact Gretchen to Schedule: (760)361-1805 gretchen9@verizon.net
2010 Art Classes
Van Gogh Monotypes
March 13, Saturday, Noon to 2pm
Van Gogh Monotypes is an excellent source of "instant-gratification-make-you-fell-good-art-making"! Gretchen will show you how layers of colorfulbrush strokes will resemble the dynamic energy of the famous Holland painter: Vincent Van Gogh. The workshop cost is $55/person.
James Hammons
"Lucid Dreams"
Painting Exhibit
ARTIST RECEPTION: March 20, Saturday, 6-9pm
Exhibit Dates: Mar 20 - Apr 20, 2010
Rembrandt Dry Point Prints
March 27, Saturday, Noon to 2pm
Rembrandt Dry Point Prints is an intaglio workshop. A Plexiglas plate & a sharp metal needle will allow you to scratch your image into your plate, resulting in a series of prints. Bring an 8 x 10 drawing, photo, etc. The workshop cost is $55/person.
Bookmaking with Scraps
April 17, Saturday, Noon to 2pm
Bookmaking with Scraps is a quick way to create a one-of-a-kind book using images and designs from magazines, newspapers, your sketch book and any other flat found objects that can be glued or sewn onto the pages of your hand crafted book. Bring any treasures you have been gathering to be candidates for being incorporated into your bound book you will make. The workshop cost is $65/person.
Earth Day Printmaking
April 24, Saturday, Noon to 2pm
To commemorate Earth Day, we will explore the colorfulways to express yourself with the etching press. The processes we will explore: the basic monotype, pure color monotype, and viscosity printing which are all instant gratification make you feel good art making processes. The workshop cost is $55/person.
David Greene
"Movie Star Zombie Love Affair"
Painting Exhibit
ARTIST RECEPTION: May 1, Saturday, 6-10pm
Exhibit Dates: May 1 - June 5, 2010
Mother's Day Rainbow Roll
May 8, Saturday, Noon to 2pm
In case you are looking to treat your mom to a unique and bonding day together, this is the class for you and the whole family. The workshop will explore the dynamic and magical rainbow roll technique on a monotype plate, which entails mixing 3 colors together on a big roller creating a beautifulfade effect (a lot like our sunsets in the desert sky). The workshop cost is $55/person.
Spring Fling Linoleum
May 15, Saturday, Noon to 2pm
Now that spring is in full throttle, it is time to capture some of that creative energy and put it to use on your linoleum plate. Bring a 8x10 drawing or image to tranfer onto your plate and Gretchen will teach you how to recreate the drawing by gouging the linoleum. The workshop cost is $60/person.
Summer Fun Drypoint
June 12, Saturday, Noon to 2pm
Summer Fun Drypoint will teach you how to scratch a drawing into your Plexiglas plate, then ink it up in a variety of ways that best suits your expressive needs. Bring an image or drawing about 11x14 in size. The workshop cost is $60/person.
Father's Day Card Making
June 19, Saturday, Noon to 2pm
Having trouble finding the perfect card for Dad? Well then, come make your own personal cards for Dad and any other friends or loved ones that you know would be tickled-pink to recieve a homemade card from you. The workshop cost is $55/person.
All printmaking classes are instructed on an etching press with Gretchen Grunt from her unique studio inside the 29 Palms Creative Center & Gallery.
Variety of Art Classes
Private or group art classes:- AVAILABLE MONDAY thru SATURDAY
- tile & glass mosaics (2-day class): $160 /person
- drawing w/ gesso & charcoal: $30 /hour /person
- painting in oil & acrylic: $30 /hour /person
- collage w/ prints, fabric, paintings: $30 /hour /person
- printing w/ Griffin Etching Press: $30 /hour /person
- DISCOUNTED Group Rates Available
- DISCOUNTED All-Day Rates Available
- All art materials are provided
- All art classes are designed for professionals, as well as, the beginning hobbyist
- All art classes instructed by Gretchen Grunt
Contact Gretchen: (760)361-1805 or gretchen9@verizon.net |
Description of Printmaking Classes
Bookbinding with a Griffin Etching Press This is an excellent introduction to printmaking for the beginning printmaker and those with crafty hands. We will explore four different non-acid processes to create the pages. Then bind them to create a book of prints that is great for a personal treasure or to give away to a loved one!
Monotype Prints is an excellent place for the beginning printmaker to start learning how to work with colors, stencils, viscosity inks and more on a plate. Monotype printmaking is a non-acid process that allows wonderfulspontaneous results. You paint with inks onto a blank plate and then run the plate through one of our exquisite Griffin Etching Presses to create your own one-of-a-kind monotype print on Arches BFK printmaking paper.
Relief Prints involves using either a linoleum or wood plate to cut your image into the surface, inking the surface and either spooning or using the pressure of the etching press to create your relief print on printmaking paper.
Reductive Linoleum Cut Prints is a unique process in relief printing, where the plate and print evolve together as each plate is carved into more and more, and proofs are printed along the way in different colors. The result is rich in texture and depth like no other printmaking process.
Holiday Greeting Cards
Spend the day at the Creative Center working with your hands to print original greeting cards using Strathmore Deckled Creative Cards. You will design four different images, using any of the processes described below, envelopes included. Then you can send your one-of-a-kind cards to your loved ones for holidays, birthdays, anniversaries and special occasions!
Drypoint Prints involves a plexiglass plate where you draw with an etching needle to scratch your drawing into the plexiglass, ink your scratches and run the plate through the etching press.
Etching is an involved process where you use a zinc plate. An image is created on the plate using contact paper or bees wax. After completing your image we use the Edinburgh Etch to bite your image into the zinc plate, then ink up and finally print your plate using the etching press.
Collagraph Prints are an excellent printmaking process for those who don't care to draw, but have en eye for finding the most interesting objects on your travels. Discover how your coins, mesh, cloth, vegetation, and many other everyday objects can become interactive collages by attaching your objects to a cardboard plate, then paint and roll up the attached objects with ink to run your inked plate through the Griffin Etching Press and see the inspiring results of the object curious "halo-like" outlines, depth and unsuspecting textures.
Collagraph Modeling Paste Prints involves the use of acyrlic paste spread onto a plate. Before the paste hardens you draw, scratch and move the paste into shapes and textures. Then you cover in ink, wipe and print on the Griffin Etching Press.
Gretchen's Examples Located on the Printmaking Page
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