First Steps: Two Colour A5 Drypoint etching
1 day course
22 April 2026
10am – 2pm
£65
A short four-hour course including a 30 minute break, offering an introduction to a print technique. Drypoint is an intaglio printmaking technique which means the image is created by incising (cutting into) the plate using an etching needle. The incised lines hold the ink that forms the print.
Course structure
• Explore mark making with etching needle, sandpaper and rotary tools
• Sketch your design on A5 paper and transfer to acetate with etching needle
• Ink up using 2 colours, ink “à la poupée” style
• Ink up in 1 colour and use Chine collé,as a second colour
• Ink up using the Rollover method
• First print, Ghost print and mirror image print techniques
Pre course information
Bring an A5 image to inspire your print.
Experience level
Suitable for beginners and those wishing to refresh their skills.
Maximum 8 places
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For all courses except CPSC Certificate course
Full payment of the course fee is required when booking a place. A reserved place is not secure until full payment has been received.
If for any reason you are unable to attend, we will refund monies paid minus a £20 admin fee, as long as you cancel your place more than 1 month before the course start date.
For CPSC Certificate course
Payment for Term 1 is required when booking a place. A reserved place is not secure until this payment has been received. Payments for Terms 2 & 3 will be due at the end of the previous term. Payments for Terms 2 & 3 will be due before the first day of each term.
If for any reason prior to the commencement of the course you are unable to attend, we will refund monies paid minus a £20.00 admin fee, as long as you cancel your place more than 1 month before the course start date. Once you start the course on Term 1 you have committed to all 3 terms. Course transfers are at the discretion of Curwen Print Study Centre.
There is an option to book your place for £100 deposit. If you choose this option your place is secured. The balance of term 1 will be due 20 working days before the start of the course. If you cancel more than 20 working days before the course start date, we will refund monies paid minus a £20 admin fee. If your place is not cancelled during this timescale, and the balance is not paid then the deposit is non refundable. All other Terms & Conditions remain the same.
Curwen Print Study Centre reserves the right to cancel courses – a full refund will be made in these circumstances.
