John Martinek: Introduction to Scratchboard Class

Instructor: John Martinek  Date: November 10th Time: 12:30p - 2:30p Registration Cost: $40.00 Class Information:  Scratchboards are essentially a reductive approach to creating black and white ink drawings.  I believe their unique advantage is that they flip the traditional approach of adding black ink to white paper and instead the image is created in reverse by drawing the white areas into a black ground.  This perceptual shift leads to many unexpected and interesting results, and can give the artist fresh insights into the experience of drawing and composing images.  For me, the results are often more compelling than the additive approach, and also full of rich details and textures that can’t easily be obtained any other way.   The “scratchboard” itself is a fiberboard panel covered with a smooth white clay ground and evenly coated with black India ink.  Drawings can be created on this surface by scraping or scratching away the black ink to reveal the white ground underneath.  The r