Sylvie Covey

Printmaker, Photographer, Painter

I am a printmaker, photographer and painter, working in my studio in Times Square, and teaching in New York City. This website presents my early and current work, introduces books I wrote (published by Penguin/Random House), and explains how I got where I am over the last forty-five years.

Current Work

Today I mostly work from digital photography combined with photo techniques in printmaking. Discover my current work >

Early Work

I started with nude drawing at age 14, and majored in printmaking at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Discover my early work >

Early Work

My Books

I wrote two books, published by Watson & Guptill (Penguin/Random House), about modern printmaking, and how artists and printmakers can use the popular software Photoshop to create stunning artwork.

Modern Printmaking

This all-in-one guide is both technical and inspirational, examining the history and contemporary processes of relief, intaglio, lithography, serigraphy, mixed media, digital transfers, and post-digital graphics. Featuring step-by-step examples alongside works and profiles of top printmaking artists, this colorful, hardcover 310 pages recourse provides a truly fresh look at printmaking today, in all its forms.

Photoshop for Artists

This book offers an exciting entry into a new world of limitless colors, textures and effects. Intended for serious artists, painters, printmakers, and photographers, this book provides a comprehensive series of 305 pages with detailed and illustrated tutorials, cataloguing the various tools, techniques, and methods for producing an infinite variety of creative imagery with Photoshop.

What readers from Amazon are saying:

“Great book—Sylvie Covey is the go to educator and expert on contemporary printmaking for students.”

“Amazing must have book for all printmakers, artists, and students! Extremely in depth!”

“It’s a wonderful book after many years! We can enjoy a modern printmakers’ work and technique.”

“As a photographer, I am always looking for ways to advance my art. This ”guide” has become indispensable to me!”

Teaching

I have been teaching printmaking at the Art Students League of New York since 1995, where I started as a monitor for the renowned artist Michael Ponce de Leon. I have also been teaching at the Fashion Institute of Technology since 2001. I support my students in learning all matters of printmaking and photo techniques, and always apply myself to test the latest possibilities, so I can share all of what I learn.

Images from the classes I teach at the Art Students League and Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT).

Why I Create Art

I create to transcend reality, to feel alive in all dimensions. I am inspired by the vastness of the world and the unlimited universe, where I could be relevant for a speck of a second. So I choose to make timeless images, and re-invent places to be and to share.