CollagraphPrinting Courses

Collagraph Base Plate Choices - A Guide to Substrates

Explore diverse base plate options for collagraph printing, from Perspex to cardboard. Learn practical tips and techniques to create unique, textured prints with various substrates.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Collagraph Printing on Silk - Part 1

Explore collagraph printing on silk, learning techniques for creating subtle gradients and brushstrokes. Discover how to prepare plates, add textures, and achieve unique prints using various materials and tools.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Combining Collagraph and Gelli Plate Printing

Combine collagraph and gelli plate printing to layer textures, stencils, and color into experimental mixed prints.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Collagraph or Sculpture - You Decide

Sculpt a collagraph plate with gels, pastes, and improvised materials, then ink and print its layered textures with chine collé.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Collage Collagraph and No Plan

Explore a playful, improvised collagraph process using collage papers, proof prints, monoprinting, and layered color experimentation.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Experimental Collagraph Printmaking - Part 1

Explore collagraph printmaking by building an experimental plate from melted plastic, acrylic mediums, pastes, collage elements, and foil tape.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Making Collagraph Prints with Plywood Coasters

Learn to turn plywood coasters, acrylic mediums, scrap tissue, and foil into small textured collagraph prints with chine collé.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Christmas Collagraph Using Gelli Plate and Chine Colle

Make a robin Christmas card using a collagraph plate, handmade chine-collé paper, and metallic monoprinting.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Making a Collagraph Monoprint Reproduction of an Abstract Painting

Recreate an abstract painting as a textured collagraph monoprint, then rearrange the plate’s shapes and colors to produce a second, unexpected print.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Viscosity Collagraph Abstract Print - How to Correct Mistakes and a Cheat

Create a viscosity collagraph print using textured plates, layered inks of different viscosities, and techniques for correcting printing mistakes.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Choosing Colour in Printmaking - Experimental Monoprinting

Explore complementary color mixing in an experimental monoprint, layering violet, yellow, mid-tones, and transparent ink through multiple press runs.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Secret to Chine-Collé in Collagraphs and Some Cool Designs

Learn to create chine-collé for collagraph prints by pre-gluing paper, using wallpaper and plants for texture, and embedding the results under press.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Using Intaglio Ink in a Collagraph and Monoprint Hybrid

Demonstrates a hybrid collagraph and monoprint using intaglio ink, layered plates, carborundum, and press experimentation.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Hybrid of Collagraph, Drypoint, Monoprint and Viscosity

A two-plate collagraph print demonstrates layering drypoint and monoprint techniques to create ink, texture, and color.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Intaglio Collagraph and Monoprint Hybrid - Combining Two Printing Techniques

Combine intaglio collagraph plates with layered monoprinting to create abstract hybrid prints using textured plates, colored inks, and an etching press.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video