Sat 29 April 2023, 10am-3pm.
Create your own stunning black and white images
Sean Kenan’s scratchboard art reveals the line in stunning black and white. The effect is similar to wood cut or wood engraving. This workshop is being held during Sean’s April 15-30 exhibition at the Hub so you’ll have a chance to see his work as well as learn from the master.
To create a scratchboard, a thin layer of clay is applied to a board and covered in indian ink. Scratching the black surface reveals the white clay surface underneath. The works are not prints: each one is an original creation.
No experience in art or scratchboard needed: beginners welcome. All materials provided.
His training in graphic design and his enduring interest in drawing and woodcarving led him to experiment with scratchboard, and now he’s sharing his skills through this workshop.
About the artist
Sean Kenan lives in Maldon in the Victorian Central Goldfields region. He is an accomplished musician and plays Irish fiddle and banjo on the street each day in Castlemaine.
As a child Sean was always drawing on blotting paper while at school: he was brought up in the 1950s – before biros. School children in those days were taught to write with steel nib pens and ink-wells were in each desk. Sean concentrated on drawing rather than paying attention to lessons and developed his drawing skills. Aged 17 and in the early 1970s, Sean received a scholarship to attend Prahran Technical College back in the early 1970s where he studied Graphic Design. Woodcarving was also a hobby for Sean from age fifteen. These skills led him to experiment with Scratchboard which requires both carving and cutting skills.
