Monoprinting is a form of printmaking that allows you to create unique, freeform printed images every time. Unlike the more common relief printing, which uses a block stamp to reproduce the same image over and over again, monoprinting allows the freedom to create each image anew. This will allow you to produce abstract
The last couple weeks I have been working on crane monoprints. I made a bunch of background papers in a few colorways, then printed the cranes. I made a new stencil of flying cranes. I am going to do some other prints of a crane close up, similar to my cow prints. For those, I have to do another layer adding more color and detail to the crane shape, then do the black detail stencil.
Here are a few pictures from the Monoprint Collage class at Pacific Northwest Art School in Coupeville, WA, on Whidbey Island. In September I'll be back doing my Big Fat Art workshop, which is full, but you can get on the wait list. Lucie's Works In Progress. See her BLOG POST about this workshop. Anca - one of MANY Another of Anca's many pieces. BJ's stripes. These were a continuation of work BJ did in the Abstract Painting class, in which we used stripes as a format for exploring Series work. One of Deborah's grid-based compositions. Lucie's work table One of Marilyn's grid-based pieces, in progress Melanie's work table One of Susan's grid-based monoprint collages Another of Susan's One of M's stacked shapes. Another of M's pieces One of Michelle's Vessel Series in progress The theme of the four-day Abstract Painting workshop was "Series as Process". This theme segued nicely into the two-day Monoprint Collage class. The technique naturally lends itself to series work. I was thinking that next year at PNWAS, the four-day workshop, starting on May 31, could be "Gel Plate Monoprint: Series as Starting Point", and the two-day might be a workshop on using Yupo with India ink and mixed media. Your thoughts? My next workshop this year is at the Omega Institute, the week of July 6 - 11. Register here, see more information here. See a video here. Thanks for visiting!
Last weekend, I had the luxury of spending a few hours monoprinting at the Toowoomba Art Society with members of the Saturday Printmakers. ...
Tips for transfers on a gel plate.
Monoprinting is a form of printmaking that allows you to create unique, freeform printed images every time. Unlike the more common relief printing, which uses a block stamp to reproduce the same image over and over again, monoprinting allows the freedom to create each image anew. This will allow you to produce abstract
Trace Monoprinting is a simple low tech process that can be done without a printing press. It has a fuzzy line quality and can be quick and expressive. Click on the image to see a larger size of the individual trace monoprints. You only need a few tools to give trace monoprinting a try: a […]
In my studio last month I explored printing with some plants from my garden - a perennial silver bush (unable to be identified) and the flower heads from my Italian Parsley. It wasn't a complex printing session, but just a relaxing exploration of a couple of plants I wanted to try before I did some garden trimming. The flower heads were rather thick and juicy, so I first ran one through the press with butchers paper to get rid of some of the excess moisture. I then printed with it - the first print is show below. The green colour is actually from the plant not from ink, it still had plenty of liquid, staining the paper. The first print The second print (the ghost print) captured the delicate structure of the flower head. As the plant was so fresh, it fell apart as I removed it from the plate. I had to use the tweezers to methodically pick off the individual soft seeds that stuck to the plate....a zen moment requiring much care and patience! The second print The third print was used as a base for another print, using a paper mask to highlight the flower head image, which was much fainter at this stage. The third print
Many, many people have been asking "What is a monotype?" and "How do you do it?"Known as the most painterly method among the printmaking techniques, a monotype is essentially a hand-printed painting. The appeal of the monotype lies in its unique translucency that creates a quality of light very different from a painting. The spontaneity of mark-making and layering of printing inks creates a surface that is unlike any other art.I roll or dab oil-based inks onto a smooth plastic surface (perspex o
In this tutorial, mixed-media artist Cathy Taylor shows you how to create artful nature prints using easy monoprinting techniques.
One of my students told me that she took Make Monotypes, the online printmaking class, because she wanted to make art and not have to draw. I agree! I am attracted to monotype printmaking and organic styles of printmaking without a press, because, I can make beautiful, unique pieces of art and it is not […]
How to color a monotype ghost print using watercolor or colored pencils, or both together, with some caveats related to your choice of paper.
