More Monoprinting

I am returning the monoprinting equipment to Diane at our life class tomorrow so I thought I'd grab another quick session today.

...And the token self portrait, of course!

In my last monoprinting post, a few of my regular, wonderful visitors: EJ, Serena and Robyn asked me to share a little more about the process I used.

So, here is the set up, complete with caffeine.

A piece of Plexiglas with black watercolour ink rolled onto it with a small ink roller.

I gently place the paper over the top of the inked surface (Newsprint or something thin will work best) and then draw on my image with a pencil, turning the pencil onto it's side for heavier lines. Try not to lean on the surface too much as the pressure will leave a print, I held my pencil at the top and worked very quickly.

I then peeled my paper off the surface and VOILA...a monoprint!

This process is very new to me too so I researched it a little and discovered there are other methods.

I really enjoyed making these, I found it very freeing and would definitely invest in a tube of ink and a roller myself...Another item for the Christmas list!

Monoprinting

My good friend Diane did some monoprinting at our life class on Tuesday last week and they looked like fun. I've never tried monoprinting before, so when Diane visited me on Wednesday she left her Plexiglass, roller and watercolour ink here for me to play with.
Isn't it great having other artists as friends?

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I worked really fast, using 'The Figure in Motion' by Thomas Easley and Mark Smith as a reference, along with a little imagination.

Once the ink was dry I experimented by adding Conte to a couple of the prints.

Of course, with all of my self portrait studies recently, I simply had to create a quick study of myself in monoprint, I used a mirror for this one, working from life.