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7/11 Print and Play: A Gel Printing Workshop

$120.00

Saturday, July 11, 2026
1-3:30pm

This beginner-friendly gel plate printing class is designed for adults who want to explore a playful, hands-on approach to printmaking. You’ll learn the basics of creating layered textures, patterns, image transfers, and one-of-a-kind prints using a gel plate. You get step-by-step guidance and plenty of time to have fun and create prints.

Each participant will receive a take-home kit that includes a 5 x 7 gel plate and brayer tool so the fun doesn’t stop when class ends. No experience needed, just curiosity and a willingness to get a little inky.

The materials fee includes all in-class supplies plus a take-home kit with rubber carving blocks, a set of carving tools, an ink tray, baren, and paper.

Tuition: $90 | Materials: $30

Saturday, July 11, 2026
1-3:30pm

This beginner-friendly gel plate printing class is designed for adults who want to explore a playful, hands-on approach to printmaking. You’ll learn the basics of creating layered textures, patterns, image transfers, and one-of-a-kind prints using a gel plate. You get step-by-step guidance and plenty of time to have fun and create prints.

Each participant will receive a take-home kit that includes a 5 x 7 gel plate and brayer tool so the fun doesn’t stop when class ends. No experience needed, just curiosity and a willingness to get a little inky.

The materials fee includes all in-class supplies plus a take-home kit with rubber carving blocks, a set of carving tools, an ink tray, baren, and paper.

Tuition: $90 | Materials: $30

Teacher: Jill McCann

Jill McCann is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans painting, fiber arts, printmaking, collage, mixed media, and digital art — a practice shaped by over two decades of experimentation and a deep connection to the Sierra Foothills landscape she calls home. Her creative roots reach back to age fourteen, when she apprenticed at the Kirmeyer School of Fiber Arts, where she developed a lasting appreciation for process, material, and craft. Alongside her studio practice, Jill has worked for many years in public education, supporting students with disabilities and designing professional development for educators across Placer County and California, and currently teaches in a special education teacher intern program. She also leads adult art workshops through community education programs. For Jill, time spent with paint on her hands or in creative collaboration with others is always time well spent.

Learn more about Jill at jillmccann.com