Whether you are looking for a greater understanding of the hard ground technique or are a complete beginner to etching, you will come out of this four week evening course with new skills and a small edition of unique prints.

The year will focus on consolidating your etching knowledge, on developing ideas, and on ways to bring ideas and technique together. There will be group discussion, group crit and one-to-one tutorial opportunities which will focus on how to develop your work.

For those wanting to explore etching but feel the pressure of drawing, our four week evening course investigates texture, pattern and mark-making through soft ground.

Explore monotype printing at HAUSPRINT. This course is designed to give you a really good understanding of using water washable, less toxic printing inks to make monotypes.

Across four evenings, explore the magical properties of aquatint to create prints with a range of tones from light to dark. Whatever your inspiration, from ocean to architecture, nature to grafitti, learn how aquatint can be used for exciting results.

Experiment with different aquatint techniques including sugar lift, monoprint resist and spit bite to achieve a range of painterly tones in etching.

Learn how to mix white ground, ways of using the permeable ground, and how to etch and print your plates for great results. The class is suitable for you if you have done some etching before.