My First Monotypes
While I’m waiting for a shipment of photo supplies, I decided to try my hand at making monotypes. Huberto and Randy gave me a crash course today so after dinner I went back to the press to give monotypes a try.
I created a few piles of ink using sepia, red, black, white, and gold ink. Small pieces of plexiglass were used as the plates. For the first image, I applied the ink with a brush on the plate. When the plate was ready for printing, it was run through the etching press under moderate pressure. I’m not a painter and I don’t really draw except for line drawings of faces similar to the one shown in the monotype.
Animus (Monotype) on Hahnemuhle 300 gsm.
The second monotype was processed as the first one was but rather than using a brush to apply the ink, I used leaves. To do this, I pressed the leaves in ink, blotted them on paper, and then pressed them against the plexiglass plate.
Leaves (Monotype) on Hahnemuhle 300 gsm.
Love the leaves. Outside brought inside - nice!