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Hampshire Printmaking, Creative Art Projects & Tutorials
Looking for creative inspiration, printmaking tutorials, or to connect with artists in Hampshire? You’re in the right place! Follow my journey as a solo artist and mid-life teacher, and discover the variety of printmaking techniques behind my work. I mainly talk about monoprint, intaglio, photo transfer, screenprint and cyanotype processes here for now"
PRINT MAKING TIPS & TECHNIQUES
Cyanotype Blueprint workshop at Brothers Farm in Dorset
Cyanotype blueprint workshop at Brothers Farm Flowers in Dorset running on Sunday 8th June 2025
Cyanotype Blueprint workshop in Hampshire
Cyanotype blueprint workshop in Hampshire running on 13th July at Itchen Valley country park
Drypoint printing workshop coming soon to Itchen Valley
Drypoint printmaking workshop at Itchen Valley learning hub
Paper Lithography Printing
Simple step by step guide to paper lithography using black and white photocopies and laser prints to produce colourful inked artworks. This process is also called xerox lithography
Kate Watkins Printmaker Q&A
Earlier this year Courtx tennis club in Southsea Hampshire invited me to have a solo exhibition during spring/summer 2024. As part of the show they asked me to do a Q&A to give people a bit more insight into my creative practice.
5 simple steps for getting started with Cyanotype printing
Simple step by step guide to getting started with cyanotype printing using Love to Print cyanotype kit.
CYANOTYPE KIT FAQ’s
I answer the most frequently asked questions about cyanotype printing and using the love to print cyanotype kit.
BEGINNERS GUIDE TO LINO PRINTING
Step by step guide to cutting and printing a simple lino cut design.
Working out correct solar plate exposure
Calculating correct solar plate exposure using one plate for both aquatint and positive exposure values.
West Dean ceramics course
This blog documents a great course I attended at West Dean College spring 2018. It was an ‘exploring coloured slips’ course run by ceramicist Jane Abbott and provided an excellent introduction to creative mark making combining clay and coloured slips to produce unique designs.
Using Joiner photography to make a screenprinted panorama
The making of a 5 metre panoramic screenprinted artwork I made for my final MA show at Winchester School of Art in 2008
Etched Lino course with Steve Edwards
I went on Steve Edwards excellent two day etched lino course at Ochre Printmakers in Guildford in April 2018. I’m sharing my observations and results from the weekend as Steve was a generous teacher and there was so much useful information shared.
Experimenting with Etching Lino
A blog covering step by step instructions of how to etch traditional lino with caustic soda solution.
Polystyrene tile relief printing
Polystyrene tile printing is a fun, easy and affordable introduction to printmaking which can be done at home or in a classroom environment. There’s a free instruction sheet to download and a second post with a tutorial video covering polystyrene tile printing on paper and fabric