Printed from Life: Drawing, Monoprint & Linocut
2 day course
25 & 26 June 2026
10am to 4pm
£295 including all materials
Artist & Printmaker Sam Marshall will lead you through this 2-day workshop, exploring drawing and looking at ways to turn your drawings into prints. Sketchbook drawings need reworking and rethinking to successfully produce a linocut print from them.
Sam studied Fine Art at the Slade School of Fine Art and completed her MA diploma at the Royal Drawing School where she now teaches. She lives in rural Northamptonshire with her miniature dachshund ‘Miss Marple’.
Sam draws inspiration from many sources – medieval margins and bestiaries, animal prints from the 1800’s, folk art, old children’s books, and real-life animals and landscapes that have something of the unusual about them. Her work is influenced by the British aesthetic of artists such as Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden and Thomas Bewick. Her best-selling book LINOCUT book was published by Bloomsbury in 2023 and is currently working on a book about drawing which will be published in 2026.
Draw an extravagant autumnal still life in the studio, spending the first morning drawing using pencil and charcoal, producing quick expressive drawings. In the afternoon experiment with various forms of monoprinting. On the second day, continue to draw from the still life, this time exploring how to draw for linocut and investigate how this approach differs. Select one of your drawings to transform into an A6 single colour linocut.
Course structure:
Day 1
• Draw from observation and the prepared still life arrangement
• Experiment with monoprinting textures and drawing methods
Day 2
• Learn how to translate your drawings into a suitable design for linocut printing
• Draw and cut a final design on lino
• Learn how to register your plate
• Print your lino on the relief presses
Pre course information
No preparation required.
Experience level
Suitable for those with some experience of Lino and/or those wishing to refresh their skills.
Maximum 10 places
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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.
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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.
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