Draw & Paint with Gartner | SCRATCHBOARD ART

$108.00

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3 Weeks | Wednesday 9am-12pm | $108 Future Member | $86 VAC Member

Study Scratchboard art with Victor Gartner at the Visual Arts Center (VAC). Scratchboard is an illustrative technique that uses sharp knives and tools for engraving into a thin layer of white China clay coated with dark, often black India ink. You will learn a range of techniques for etching your image.

Supply List for Scratchboard Art:

To create etched drawings on a Scratchboard a sharp pointed tool is required. The most common tool for this is an Xacto knife, generically referred to as a craft knife. Number 11 blades are usually the preferred blade.

Kneaded eraser
8"x10” piece of corrugated cardboard or foamboard
Magnifying glass
Roll of 1” blue masking tape
A positive attitude and patience
Ampersand manufactures quality Scratchboards. To get started new students may purchase one 5"x7” Scratchboard for $5.00 from the instructor.

Victor Gartner Bio:

V. Gartner grew up on Long Island, NY but moved to Maine after completing a Master’s degree at Western Michigan University. During those years in Maine he studied photography and watercolor but career demands greatly reduced his time for these creative outlets.

Approximately twelve years ago while wintering in North Port, FL, Gartner saw a poster advertising a workshop on scratchboard art offered by Sheryl Unwin at the North Port Art Center. There was an instant attraction to the medium. V. Gartner’s drawing skills were easily transferred to scratchboard etching. From that time most of his artwork has been scratchboard etchings of people, buildings and science fiction themes. Although scratchboard etchings are very time consuming, often requiring over 100 hours per board, Gartner finds this work to be most gratifying. He has won several awards at art shows in Massachusetts and Southwest Florida. Gartner has also been developing his skills in drawing portraits in charcoal.

V. Gartner is currently a member of the International Society of Scratchboard Artists, The North Port Art Center, and the Visual Art Center of Punta Gorda, Florida. One of his scratchboard portraits was accepted into the Annual International Scratchboard Society Show in Bradenton, FL.

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