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Easy block-printed papers for collage, giftwrap and card-making

4.8(8 reviews)
Learn basic block printing techniques using fruit, vegetables and other items found at home. Create gorgeous papers to use in your art and craft projects
15 Students
1hr
Beginner
What happens in this class?

Learn to create block-printed papers that you can later use for your own art and craft projects, including collage, scrap-booking, gift wrap, card-making and more.

This class has been designed around using materials and implements we all have at home so it’s really easy to take part. You don’t even need to buy special paper: we’ll use magazine pages, old envelopes or any other papers that would normally go in the recycling bin. Likewise with paint: anything water-based will do, from left-over emulsion to gouache, poster paint or acrylic. You will learn…

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What you will learn
  • Block-printing
  • Making repeat patterns
  • Using waster paper to create decorative pieces
What you will need
  • Newspaper to cover your table and dry the papers
  • Paper: baking or greaseproof paper
  • Water-based paint: acrylics, poster paint, gouache or emulsion

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Latest Reviews
4.8(8 reviews)
Gabriela - 22 June 2020
It was really amazing everything that we did. Gabriela is a wonderfull artist and the class was interactive and fun!! I'm happy i took the workshop and i will do others in the future too.
deirdre - 30 May 2020
Gabriela is an inspiration and makes class very enjoyable
Rashima - 26 May 2020
Great reveal ! how simple everyday things can help create such wonderful personalised paper for many uses.
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Age Requirement

12
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Reviews

Gabriela - 22 June 2020
It was really amazing everything that we did. Gabriela is a wonderfull artist and the class was interactive and fun!! I'm happy i took the workshop and i will do others in the future too.
deirdre - 30 May 2020
Gabriela is an inspiration and makes class very enjoyable
Rashima - 26 May 2020
Great reveal ! how simple everyday things can help create such wonderful personalised paper for many uses.
Daisy - 25 May 2020
Thank you Gabriela for another wonderful class, we discovered all sorts of new objects to use in our art, and plenty of inspiration from other participants as well. We look forward to joining another class soon!
Angela - 25 May 2020
It was great to get the paints out and use up old food!
Nicol - 22 May 2020
Instructor Gabriela is lovely. Demonstration was very good. I was glad I had some experience in the use of acrylics, design and colour. More info on this would have been helpful for a beginner, but I also realize the class was too short for more instruction. I think the class should be a min of 2 hrs to allow for thought process, creativity and drying time of pieces. I really enjoyed seeing the other participant's work and was curious of how anyone may be using the paper. Again, not enough time for discussion. Reuse of organics and paper was brilliant, and now has me looking at what I can use : save to make more paper pieces! Thanks!
Isabel - 19 May 2020
My adult daughter and I absolutely loved this. We did a one and a half hour class with Gabriela and were so thrilled with our new abilities to be able to make home made wrapping up paper we spent the whole of the rest of the weekend playing with the new techniques we learnt and we are never going to buy wrapping up paper again. Results are absolutely gorgeous. And would cost a fortune to buy. Hand printed paper is us.
Kathrin - 17 May 2020
This was my first online class and really fun and well structured. Gabriela is a wonderful and inspiring artist. She is happy to share ideas and try new things during her class. The demonstrations were great and we had enough time to prep and practice. There was time to show our own pieces to each other. I attended two classes in her studio before and at the end of the class Gabriela showed us some of her art pieces and we could recognise patterns that we created on our own the same day. I can’t wait to attend the next online class to use my creations to make a collage. I loved this fun class and the gift wrap I created during and after the class that day.