Mezzotint Workshop - Day 1

This weekend is something of an experiment. Whilst exhibiting at various print fairs I've had a few enquiries about doing mezzotint workshops. I've succesfully done linocut workshops over two days but I wasn't sure it would be possible to do a mezzotint print over a weekend workshop. So to test the idea I prepared a handful of small plates and set off over the hills to my friend Alan Birchs' Prospect Studios and a group of printmakers willing to give anything a go. My idea was to spend the first day  getting the image on the plate and then print them up and refine them on the second day. However, by mid afternoon today some plates were at such a stage as it was worthwhile printing impression to check progress.

Tomorrow we'll have plenty of time to further refine the images on the plates.