Digital Art Workshop Agenda

CorkStop Digital Workshop

Day 1 November 21

10:00am

Welcome participants to CorkStop Studios

• Refreshments

• Handout Corkstop forms

• Set-up individual laptop work stations, table, chair, power

1. Self-introduction of each workshop participants to find out a little about their experiences with digital art and what they would like to get out of the workshop. How they found out about the workshop?

2. Show examples of work to determine the level of the classes experience creating digital artwork and get a better idea of what areas we like to focus on as a class

3. Determine levels of experience using the Adobe Photoshop application

4. Present PowerPoint workshop presentation to give class the content of the workshop

11:00am Lecture/Demonstration

Compositing and Image Blending

Lasso, Selecting

The first step in compositing several different images are to select the specific regions in your image that you would like to composite. The most common used selection tools are, Marquee, Quick Selection and Magic Wand

Advanced Selection Techniques

• Pen Tool Paths > Make Selection

• Selecting with Color Channels Window > Channels

• Refining Selected Edges Select > Refine Edge

• Masks Window > Mask

Blending Layers

Blending the selected parts of your composite to get beyond the “cut and paste” Photoshop look to your composite.

Advanced Techniques

• Layer Masking Layer > Show All Menu Items > Layer Mask > Reveal All

• Layer Blend Modes Layers • Normal pull down window

• Blending Layers • Later Style • Advanced Blending • Blend if

Coloring

Hue/Saturation and Color Balance is the basic way to adjust colors

Advanced Techniques

• Gradient Blends Gradient Tool • Gradient Editor

Painting

• Custom Brushes Edit > Define Brush Presets

• Cloning Clone Tool • Clone source panel

12:30-1:30 Lunch Break

1:30 Introduction of Projects

Present Examples of each project type

Project #1 Printing Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper

Size: 17” x 22” paper size, allow for margins

Project #2 Printing on Aluminum Sheet Metal

Size: 10” x 12” metal size

Project #3 Alcohol Gel Transfer

Size: 8.5” x 14” film size, 15” x 22” paper size

Project #4 Printing on Rice Paper

Size: 12” x 17 “ paper size

2:00-5:00 Open Workshop Period

Day 2 November 22

10:00am

• Refreshments

• Check into each participants project status

10:00-10:30

• Color Calibration of display, ColorMunki Profile

• Color Calibration of printer, ColorMunki Profile

10:30-11:30

Printing instruction and demonstration for each project

Project #1 Printing Hahnemuhle Fine Art Paper

Project #2 Printing on Aluminum Sheet Metal

Project #3 Alcohol Gel Transfer

Project #4 Printing on Rice Paper

11:30-12:30

Prepare Project #2 and #4 to allow inkAid-drying time during lunch break

12:30-1:30 Lunch Break

1:30-5:00 Open Workshop Period

5:00 CorkStop feedback questionnaire

Digital Art Workshop Agenda

This is the agenda for participants in the upcoming Digital Art Workshop at the Corkstop Studios.

Day 1, November 21 10:00am-5:00pm

• Introduction to workshop Digital Art

• Lecture, Demonstrations:

• Selecting – Layer Masking, Layer, Blend Modes

• Blending – Masking with Color Channels

• Adjustment Layers – Gradients Blends

• Refined Edge Tool – Editing Selection

• Coloring – Gradient Blends

• Brushes – Creating Custom Brushes

• Lunch Break

• Workshop time to create Projects #1, #2, and #3 applying Photoshop techniques demonstrated in the class

Day 2, November 22 10:00am-5:00pm

Demonstrations:

• Printing on Hahnemuhle Bamboo Fine Art Paper

• Preparing aluminum sheet metal for inkjet printing

• Printing on DASS film and transferring to Arches waterleaf paper

• Lunch Break

Project #1 Printing on factory prepared fine art inkjet paper (Hahnemuhle Bamboo Fine Art Paper)

Project #2 Printing on Aluminum Sheet metal

Project #3 Printing on DASS film and transferring to Arches

The following are reminders of things to bring:

• Laptop computer with Adobe Photoshop CS4 application

• Digital photographs of images you would like to work with in your projects

• Digital camera and transfer cable if you would like to take pictures of the beautiful Corkstop scenery as the subject for your projects

• Bring a lunch, only refreshments will be available

• Examples of your work to share with class

Digital Art Workshop

This workshop is directed to the intermediate digital artist who would like to expand their capability with Photoshop. Each participant must have a laptop computer and Adobe Photoshop CS4 application. Bring visual source material (photographs, textures, sketches, paintings) for a composite digital art project you will be creating.

Day 1 November 21

Advanced Adobe Photoshop CS4 tools and techniques have created the opportunity for visual artists to explore compositing colors, textures, photographs, and watercolor washes into exciting digital art. The workshop will cover the following:

• Advanced layering techniques that allow the digital artists to mask, gradient blend and merge images in exciting new ways.

• Blending with layer masks and setting different blend modes between image layers to achieve dramatic visual effects

• Selecting parts of images by using different color channels and vector pen tool.

• Using refined edge tool to efficiently eliminate ragged pixilated edges of selections for merging multiple images.

• Coloring images with gradient blends

• Creating custom unique Photoshop brushes by defining brush presets

Day 2 November 22

InkAid coatings have created the opportunity to print inkjet images on alternative materials i.e. aluminum sheet metal, rice paper, art paper, silk, etc. Also images can be transferred to wood, plastic, glass, stone with “emulsion-skin” transfers. Coating a non-stick carrier sheet with acrylic gloss medium and InkAid creates emulsion-skins. Each student will print or transfer their digital artwork on a variety of surfaces. Aluminum sheet metal, rice paper and Arches printing paper will be provided. Artwork will be printed on a 17” Epson 3800 Printer with archival-pigmented inks.

Digital Arts workshop in the works

Learn how to turn your photographs into a fine art digital print using the latest Adobe Photoshop CS4 application. The two-day workshop will focus on creating a “digital montage” by combining digital photographs and original watercolor washes into a digital file that is printed on large format Epson printers with archival-pigmented inks.

The first day will focus on using some of Photoshop’s advanced techniques to merge images into a visual composition. Techniques will be demonstrated and then each student will create their own piece of art with photographs and hand-painted artwork. The second day will explore printing on alternative materials. Aluminum sheet metal, rice paper, watercolor paper, silk are some of the unique materials that can be used.

Prerequisites: Laptop computer with Adobe Photoshop CS4 (free trial copies at Adobe.com), Intermediate experience with Photoshop application, and Artistic imagination

The workshop will be given at the CorkStop Studios in San Luis Obispo County on California's beautiful Central Coast, half way between Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Alternative Print Surfaces

The workshop given at the CorkStop Studios was an opportunity for artists, art educators, photographers, printmakers, and serious hobbyists to learn about exciting creative applications that are available using inkAid precoat products. Participants brought photographs, drawings, paintings, prints on a digital flash drive and applied them to a variety of surfaces. I demonstrated how to prepare aluminum sheet metal, rice paper on a carrier sheet, gelatin transfer surface and transfer onto waterleaf art paper. Each person was given full access to the CorkStop Studio’s computers, Epson 3800 and 7800 large format inkjet printers. The results were an amazing collection of fine art digital prints.

InkAid products have opened the door for all visual artists to extend their creative vision into some new and exciting directions. New materials and advanced computer hardware and software have given my art a whole new direction to explore. For more information please contact me directly: rolee@cuesta.edu

Roger Lee

CorkStop Studios Workshop II - Alternative Print Surfaces

Agenda – July 11, 2009, 10:00am-5:00pm

This is an agenda for the workshop demonstrations and a list of the different types of printing projects that will be created in the workshop. Each process will be demonstrated using the different materials and emulsions. It is essential that you prepare your images prior to the workshop and bring them on a flash drive or CD. Size your images with margins to fit the different materials (one image per material). I recommend 300 dpi minimum resolution at image size to get a quality print. Save your image files as a PDF. The printer we will be using is an Epson 3800 with 8-color pigment-based UltraChrome K3 Ink.

 

Demonstrations:

1. Color calibrating demonstration with X-rite ColorMunki:

• Display monitor calibration

• Printer calibration

• ICC printing profiles

2. Printing on aluminum surfaces with InkAid emulsions

3. Printing on Rice Paper with a carrier sheet

3. Gelatin transfer onto fiberboard with DASS transfer film

 

Printing Projects:

• 13”x19” Aluminum sheet metal

• 13”x19” Rice Paper

• 17”x22” Museum quality art paper

• 8.5”x14” Silk

 

As a reminder, bring a lunch only refreshments will be available.

 

Workshop II: Alternative Print Surfaces

New developments in inks and pre-coat emulsions have made an opportunity possible for artists to apply their images on a variety of non-traditional materials. Through the use of digital computers, high performance printers, and pre-coat emulsions, artists can express themselves on a variety of materials. Digital artists are using aluminum, steel, wood, silk fabric, ceramics to enhance their artistic expressions. The workshop wil focus on aluminum sheet metal and Fine Art paper.
• Date Saturday July 11th 2009
• Time 10.00am – 5.00pm
• Cost : $160 plus $40 Materials Fee
• Reservations: Space is limited to 8    participants.
• Payment in full is required to reserve your    space in this workshop. Mail a check to Carol Paquet, CorkStop Studios, 1250    Judith Lane, Arroyo Grande. CA 93420.    Include name, email and postal address. A confirmation email will be sent to you.
• Instructor: Roger Lee