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Monotype printmaking 101

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Monotype prints are made by creating an image on a smooth non-absorbent matrix like a sheet of glass, then pressing a sheet of paper to the image to make the print. The image can be created by painting or drawing, and other creative processes can be used to manipulate the ink. Only one print can usually be taken from the image. A second print will generally create what is called a ghost.

(Photo: Wikimedia) Paul Gauguin, Two Marquesans, a monotype. Tahiti, AD 1902, where he devised the technique of the traced monotype.

An introduction to the monotype process

Inks are first spread on the glass with a brush, then parts are removed with a rag and various tools. The image is then printed on damp paper in a roller press.
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Have you tried making a monotype

Was it fun? How did it work out?

  • Rhizza18 May 9, 2012 @ 3:24 am | delete
    Not yet. But I wanna learned about it!
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