Saturday, October 18, 2025 from 10:00 – 2:00pm and Sunday, October 19, 2025 from 10:00 – 2:00pm
Explore dry point technique to create your monoprint artwork. In this class we will discuss image composition and combining drawing, texture, and form to create a monoprint of your image. Students should to bring their sketchbook and multiple images (landscape, still life, portrait, abstract, photograph, etc.) and ideas to review for their first print. Black and white images, preferred. Artwork should be sized to 6x8. Students will be expected to work on their own during the course. No experience necessary.
Class 1 Project 1: Student Choice Bring SIZED (6x8) copies of your ideas/inspiration (landscape, still life, portrait, etc.) to use for your print Demo Review and choose image and size, analyze image and drawing composition Start first monoprint drawing and print Class 2 Project 1: Student Choice Personal studio time (based on student’s individual progress) Finish work(s) Art Show discussion including framing Class Critique
16 Years Old – Adult
No experience necessary; open to all skill levels
6. participants
$160
$20 Supplies fee (payable to instructor) plus personal, copyright free images to work from. Sized: sized to 6x8; black and white preferred + Sketchbook/sketching paper
About Bridget
Bridget Murphy is a member of Columbia Pike Artist Studios and Discover Graphics Atelier in Virginia. She is a Professor Emeritus in the Graphic and Media Design program at Marymount University. Bridget is involved in the creative process through printmaking, designing, drawing, painting, and teaching. She is an award-winning artist, designer, and educator. In 2016, she had a one woman show titled: Impressions...letterpress, monotype, and etchings. She has had her artwork shown regionally and nationally. Bridget earned an MFA in painting and communication design from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY and a BFA degree at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN. Bridget grew up in Washington, D.C. and lives in Alexandria, VA